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Pejepscot Museum
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
Skolfield-Whittier House

PEJEPSCOT MUSEUM, RESEARCH LIBRARY and ADMINISTRATION OFFICES 159 Park Row, Brunswick

Hours of Operation Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Free Admission Open All Year

Rotating exhibits explore the history of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell. Research library with primary documents permit visitors to explore the history of the region and their own heritage.

Research Chamberlain and Genealogy...

The Society's headquarters also features the Joshua Chamberlain research collection, which is the largest repository of Chamberlain material assembled in a single place, and the Pejepscot Archives, a collection of documentary and manuscript material including more than 15,000 local photographs. The Pejepscot Historical Society is your first stop for any local history research!

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JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN MUSEUM 226 Maine Street, Brunswick

Notice The Joshua L. Chamberlain House Museum will be open free of charge noon to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 11 for Longfellow Days.

The Chamberlain Museum Hours of Operation Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tours are one hour and leave every hour and the last tour leaves at 3 PM.

The museum is the adult home of Joshua L. Chamberlain and his family. Chamberlain was the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg during the Civil War, Governor of Maine, and President of Bowdoin College. Guided tours explore Chamberlain's life, family and career.

Ticket prices are, Adults $7.50, Children 6 to 16 are $2.50 and children under 5 are free.
Combination tickets with Skolfield-Whittier House, $13.00 adult $4.00 children 6 - 16.

Phone: 207 725-6958 Site Manager: Carol Hausmann Ask about our Joshua Chamberlain's Brunswick walking tour maps.

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SKOLFIELD-WHITTIER HOUSE 161 Park Row, Brunswick

Reopens Thursday, June 23, 2011 Hours of Operation Thursday, Friday, Saturday Guided Tours only; 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Ticket prices are, Adults $7.50, Children 6 to 16 are $2.50 and children under 5 are free.
Combination tickets with Skolfield-Whittier House, $13.00 adult $4.00 children 6 - 16.

A time-capsule like home of three generations of a prominent Brunswick family with careers in seafaring, medicine and education. Among the former residents are Alfred Skolfield a successful sea captain, Dr. Alice A.S. Whittier, Maine's first female pediatrician, and Dr. Frank Whittier, one of America's first forensic pathologists.

Closed and unheated for sixty years, the house remains exactly as it was in 1925 when it was last occupied on a full time basis. It has collections complete to the receipts used in the house's construction and 1920's spices in the kitchen spice racks. Its seventeen rooms are viewed during personalized guided tours that provide an unparalleled glimpse into nineteenth-century upper-middle-class life in Maine. If you want to learn more about this extraordinary building, take our Virtual Tour.

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Become a member of the historical society and you will have free admission to our three museums.

159 Park Row
Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone: 207-729-6606

Admission to either Historic House: Adults ($7.50) Children ($2.50) Discounted Combination Tickets are Available! Members receive Free admission. For more information, call (207) 729-6606.
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