Join us for an engaging online Members Forum with LCHA member Laurie LaBar, author of Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community and former Chief Curator of History and Decorative Arts at the Maine State Museum. Laurie will highlight the remarkably significant quilts in the LCHA collection that were examined by the American Quilt Study Group during their September ...

Learn Heritage Crafts This March with LCHA Join us for a series of hands-on Heritage Crafts workshops offered on Sundays in March! Participants may register for one, two, or all three sessions. All workshops will be held at Second Congregational Church, 51 Main Street, Newcastle, from 1:30–4:30 p.m. Workshops include basketmaking (March 1), paste paper decoration (March 15), and calligraphy ...

LCHA’s Members Forum series offers members-only Zoom lectures that provide space for deeper conversation and shared discovery beyond our public programs. These programs are designed especially for members, creating opportunities to connect around shared interests and learn together in a more focused setting. Please note that new members are always welcome! LCHA membership begins at just $25 per year and ...

Together with Old Bristol Historical Society, LCHA is pleased to present a lecture that examines the American Revolution through a unique lens: The American Revolution was not just a break from Imperial Great Britain – it was America’s first civil war. In Maine, neighbors, families, and communities were divided by competing notions of patriotism. Divided Loyalties examines how intimidation, coercion, ...

Guests to the Pownalborough Court House will be treated to interactions with first person reenactors portraying real people from the past! Step into the past - you'll be transported to 1778! Usual admission rates apply. No charge for access to the grounds.

Guests to the Pownalborough Court House will be treated to interactions with first person reenactors portraying real people from the past! Step into the past - you'll be transported to 1778! Usual admission rates apply. No charge for access to the grounds.