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  • October 2025 Newsletter

    October 2025 Newsletter

    Museum and Gift Shop Hours Fall hours until October 12 Saturdays 10 – 4 and Sundays 1 – 4 Exhibit and Museum Shop Check out our sale merchandise on the bench outside and throughout the store! Great items for holiday shopping! After October 12, we will offer pop-up hours for the museum shop. Check our…

  • Next Lecture September 22

    Next Lecture September 22

    Chebeague Island Historical Society     Ellsworth Miller Memorial Lecture Series presents The Long Ago Summer Cottages on Little Chebeague Island Dating back to the 19th century, Little Chebeague Island was home to various farms and a vibrant summer colony centered around a massive Victorian hotel. The occupation of Little Chebeague Island by the Navy in WWII…

  • September 2025 Newsletter

    September 2025 Newsletter

    Gift Shop and Museum News The Museum will continue on summer hours until September 14, then revert to fall hours: open weekends only until Monday, October 13.  Just in time for fall, new cozy quarter-zip shirts have arrived in our shop. We are always adding items to the discount bench, so stop in and check out…

  • Next Lecture August 25

    Next Lecture August 25

    Chebeague Island Historical Society     Ellsworth Miller Memorial Lecture Series presents John Mann Historian and Maine Ulster-Scots Project Director “…a Scotch-Irish Rebellion” A 250th Anniversary Reflection on Local “Scotch-Irish” participation in the American Revolutionary War John will weave the story of the Scotch-Irish in Maine including the towns abutting Casco Bay. This Ellsworth Miller Memorial Lecture…

  • Cookbooks are back!

    Cookbooks are back!

    Our new cookbook “A Taste of Chebeague” is back in stock after depleting our first printing in a few short weeks!  The cookbook contains over 200 recipes from 130 Chebeague cooks and a century of photos of Chebeague people and places. They make a great holiday gift. Pick up your copy from the museum shop or…

  • August 2025 Newsletter

    August 2025 Newsletter

    Ellsworth Miller Series Lecture on August 25 John Mann, author of The Ulster Scots on the Maine Coast, will discuss the history of the Ulster Scots in Maine, and Scots Irish Revolutionary War Patriots’ Maine connections, on August 25, at 7 PM at the Hall. A Taste of Chebeague: A Maine Island Community Cookbook A…