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  • 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…

  • July 28 Ellsworth Miller lecture

    July 28 Ellsworth Miller lecture

    Monday, July 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM The Chebeague Island Historical Society presents the Ellsworth Miller Memorial Lecture by Phill Merril entitled Canada and the USA The Way We Were. In-person only at the Island Hall.

  • July 2025 Newsletter

    July 2025 Newsletter

    CIHS Names Its 2025 Volunteers of the Year CIHS held its Annual Membership Meeting on June 21st.  Members heard a review of the past 12 months and upcoming plans, followed by the Ellsworth Miller Lecture Series, presenting Donna Miller Damon and her talk on “Chebeague’s Revolutionary War Connections.” A highlight of the meeting was the…

  • June 2025 Newletter

    June 2025 Newletter

    Gift Shop Open Anne Brenton, manager of the CIHS Gift Shop, says “We’re excited to see our friends from near and far this summer. We look forward to your museum visit and to show you our exciting shop merchandise!” The 2025 hours begin with an early bird weekend: June 14, 10-4 and June 15, 10-1.…

  • A Taste of Chebeague

    A Taste of Chebeague

    The Historical Society Cookbook is here. You can buy it at the Museum shop or online. See Museum shop hours here. Hundreds of recipes from 130 of Chebeague’s great cooks. Illustrated with a century of Chebeague photos. “It’s far more than a cookbook, made into something even more fabulous by the amazing pictures. From cover…