The Maine State Museum is one of the nation’s oldest state-funded museums.

Museum Director Bernard Fishman tells the fascinating story of the Maine State Museum and its many lives in this article, published in the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s Maine Policy Review.

The Museum That Would Not Die

Our Mission Statement: 

The Maine State Museum seeks to share what is meaningful about Maine and its place in the world, in order to inspire people to discover Maine’s past, understand its present, and imagine its future.