Maine Maritime Museum & Shipyard
On the shores of the Kennebec River, this museum (just south of the big Bath Iron Works shipyard) features a wide array of displays and exhibits related to boat building. In fact, the museum is housed in the former Percy and Small shipyard, which built some 42 schooners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (The largest wooden ship built in the United States—the 329-foot Wyoming—was constructed here.) The centerpiece of the museum is the handsomely modern Maritime History Building, housing exhibits of maritime art and artifacts. There’s also a gift shop with a good selection of books about ships. The remaining property (closed on cold winter days) houses a fleet of displays, including an intriguing exhibit on lobstering and a complete boat-building shop. Kids enjoy the play area (they can search for pirates from the crow’s nest of a play boat, for instance), and there’s always something interesting tied to the docks on the river.
On the shores of the Kennebec River, this museum (just south of the big Bath Iron Works shipyard) features a wide array of displays and exhibits related to boat building. In fact, the museum is housed in the former Percy and Small shipyard, which built some 42 schooners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (The largest wooden ship built in the United States—the 329-foot Wyoming—was constructed here.) The centerpiece of the museum is the handsomely modern Maritime History Building, housing exhibits of maritime art and artifacts. There’s also a gift shop with a good selection of books about ships. The remaining property (closed on cold winter days) houses a fleet of displays, including an intriguing exhibit on lobstering and a complete boat-building shop. Kids enjoy the play area (they can search for pirates from the crow’s nest of a play boat, for instance), and there’s always something interesting tied to the docks on the river.
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