Events & Exhibits
Our collections are available to the public during open hours and special tours. We also host lectures, concerts, and other live events, including several at Sanford’s historic Sweat-Morin Homestead.
Motor Vehicles — Their Manufacture, Sales & Servicing in Sanford & Springvale
This exhibit covers the manufacture in Sanford of automobiles in the early 1900s and trucks in the 1920s. It also focuses on the assembly of Model T Fords in Springvale starting in 1914. In addition, the exhibit reviews the sale and servicing of automobiles in both villages in the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s.
Past Events & Exhibits
Explore the 18th-century Americas, when gender identity was defined by men in public power and women in domestic, private roles.
Join us at the opening of our new World War I exhibit, featuring local WWI service members and the hazardous conditions they faced overseas.
Colonial reenactors Sara and Bob Donovan will model and explain colonial attire for men and women, piece by piece, and from head to toe.
Kick off your 250th Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July 1 with a special presentation at the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum.
Learn about 1700s cooking, when women started and maintained kitchen fires, carried water, gathered vegetables, fruits, herbs, and meat.
Southern Rail is bringing their bluegrass sounds back to the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum for a Saturday evening concert!
Hear the story of the Pequawket Indians and British regulars and their trading practices at truck houses in York County and New Hampshire.
Join pianist Anastasia Antonacos, violinist Tracey Jasas-Hardel, and cellist Marisa Solomon for an afternoon of “Bridging Centuries.”
Please join us at Sweat-Morin Homestead, as we participate in Jane’s Walk ME! Take a tour and step back into the 18th century by exploring the home of Reverend Moses Sweat, Sanford’s first Congregational minister.
Presented by Kevin Gardner. The author of The Granite Kiss explains how and why New England came to acquire its thousands of miles of stone walls, while building a miniature wall on a tabletop using tiny stones from a five-gallon bucket.
Presented by Sally Mummey. Dressed in Mary Todd Lincoln’s authentically reproduced wardrobe, Mummey will impart details of the first lady’s life through actual events and storytelling.
Maine Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees Harvey Reid and Joyce Andersen are a powerhouse duo of American acoustic music.