Often museum visitors ask “Why did the lumbermen cut and pile the wood in the winter? Wouldn’t it have been easier to do it without snow...

A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. That is the dictionary definition of a keystone. Katahdin Avenue...

In the early 1900’s, Millinocket’s population increased every year. Oxford Street School had opened in 1907 as the Millinocket High...

So You Live in Millinocket? Did you know Dorothy Bowler Laverty wrote a book with that title which explains the history of housing in the...

The Northern, a monthly magazine published by the Spruce Wood Department, Division of Social Services, Great Northern Paper Company...

Millinocket, February 1921-1926…some of what was taking place back then as found in news articles from that era! “Looking forward to the...

Searching one’s family tree continues to be one of the most popular hobbies in the United States. The museum frequently gets asked to...

A recent visitor to the museum mentioned he had a “blue photograph.” These are referred to as cyanotypes and the museum has several of...

Do you have unwanted paper items (historical ephemera) relating to Millinocket tucked away somewhere in your house? Old local...

The Eureka House, or Katahdin House as it was sometimes called, was located on Katahdi n Avenue. It was one of many rooming...

Happy New Year! As we begin a “new year” 2021, this we take a look back at some of what occurred at the museum during an unusual 2020. We...

The ABC’s of some of the 2020 donations to the museum…ordinary to the unusual! A - Ash tray (DiNardo’s Store), aerial photo (Haugen &...

The first town library opened 11/11/1919 on Central Street with Mae Shorey as librarian.

Carl Hull was the librarian at the Millinocket Memorial Library at one time. At some point he undertook the project of cutting out and...

The “new” Company I, 103rd, Infantry, National Guard Armory held a formal opening and military ball on Tuesday evening, January 16,...