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Athens Historical Society Museum, Athens, ME

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Athens Historical Society Museum

Local history museum and library run by the Athens Historical Society, open to visitors by appointment.

Athens, ME

About Athens Historical Society Museum

The Athens Historical Society keeps a museum and library on the upper floor of the Somerset Academy building in Athens. Volunteers have been cleaning and organizing the collection so it can open for regular visits. Visitors can arrange an appointment to look through materials about families, homes, and the wider history of the area. The society holds regular meetings where members plan events and share local history, and it is building a digital inventory of museum items. It also collects donations such as photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and quilts, and it helps run Old Home Days, a free community festival each September.

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