Village News

DENNY WILSON: VOLUNTEER, EMPLOYEE & FRIEND

DENNY WILSON: VOLUNTEER, EMPLOYEE & FRIEND

The Railway Museum has lost a valuable member of its weekend seasonal team. Alden “Denny” Wilson was an integral part of the Railway Museum as a volunteer in the engine house and a seasonal employee at the automobile exhibit. At the end of the 2022 season, Denny...

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Fall Foliage Festival Applications Now Being Accepted

OCT 7-8  | SAT 10:00 AM  to 5:00 PM | SUN 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | 55th Annual FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL The Fall Foliage Festival has been a family tradition in Mid Coast, Maine, for the past 54 years, featuring dozens of vendor booths, fabulous entertainment, live music,...

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2022 Annual Appeal

Dear Friends, November is a time of reflection at the museum.   As our team of staff, volunteers and board members prepare the grounds for winter, we reflect on a year past and envision the year ahead.  And in keeping with the worldwide November tradition, we give...

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Restoring life: 1929 Packard

  by Stein Eriksen and David Blackman,  Buildings & Grounds This month we brought the 1929 Packard back to life.  As with any car that has been sitting for the last 5 plus years a few things needed to be done before it would fire up.  There’s 3 things that...

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ARCHIVING OUR PAST BY BUILDING OUR FUTURE

ARCHIVING OUR PAST BY BUILDING OUR FUTURE

'MANY DO NOT KNOW THAT ITEMS ON DISPLAY ARE ONLY A FRACTION OF THE OBJECTS MAKING UP THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS' THE VISION Railway Village Museum Director, Steve Markowitz, immediately recognized the institution's need for additional storage facilities when he first...

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2021 Annual Letter

Dear Friends, It seems impossible that November is upon us once again.  And once again, our world is vastly different than it was just a short year ago.  As a community, we moved beyond the challenges of isolation, and began to tackle an entirely new set of...

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