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Est. 1963 · Vassalboro, Maine
Historical Society
Open Mon–Fri, 9–1 · 2nd & 4th Sun, 1–4 327 Main St, East Vassalboro, ME (207) 923-3505
Past Pages

Site Archive

Programming rotates, exhibits change, and content moves on. Here's where we keep the pages that used to live on our main site, so their stories are still accessible.

Archived Content

Kept For The Record

Past FeatureRestoration

The Shorey Wagon

Photos and documentation from the 2013 restoration project. Preserved as part of the Society's ongoing record of Vassalboro's traditional trades.

Full page coming as materials are consolidated.

Past ProgramCommunity

Window Dressers

Documentation from the Society's participation in the Window Dressers community program: volunteer-built insulating window inserts for local homes.

Full page coming as materials are consolidated.

Past Exhibit2023–2025

Travel Through the Ages

Curated by Sharon Farrington. Trunks, travel clothes, hat boxes, carpetbags, and a running model train alongside a map of Vassalboro's narrow gauge, trolley, and Maine Central lines. Rotated out to make way for current displays; the artifacts remain in our collection.

Past Exhibit2023–2025

All Things Textile

Mounted with guidance from textile conservator Lynne Bassett. The exhibit featured dresses, jewelry, purses, shoes, menswear, children's clothing, quilts, hooked rugs, and samplers, all drawn from the Society's own collection. The individual pieces remain in the archive.

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