Local businesses support these programs, with Barnacle Billy’s sponsoring the Music in the Meetinghouse series, and Crickets Corner Toys and Kites sponsoring the family program, DIY History Games.
The front gardens of the Historical Society are made beautiful with flowers and planting materials donated by Gray Farms Greenhouses. Irene Crocker, the Historical Society’s Board Chair, is pleased to “engage new audiences, and to be more accessible to all of our community, including families with children and grandchildren.”
Later in the summer, look for Conversations with History lectures, Music in the Meetinghouse with “Lex and Joe Play the Ice House Five,” History Walk & Talk: Our Houses, and the 7th Annual fundraiser Woodies in the Cove Car Show & Parade on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Saturday Tours are for all ages to drop in anytime from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a guided 30 to 40-minute tour on the hour, free of charge. Tour guides are Lorraine Morse, with a keen interest in genealogy, and a connection to the first settlers of Wells as direct descendant of Edmund Littlefield, and Bill Farr, a docent at both the Ogunquit Playhouse and the Kotzschmar Organ in Portland, who shares his passion for history.
New this year will be Bonnie Johnson, a retired school teacher who continues her love of learning.
DIY History Games invites families to drop in and “jump back into time together” with old fashioned games, projects and crafts.
“Crickets Corner is delighted to support a program where children get to use their imaginations and bring the past to life,” said Ogunquit toy shop owner Tracy Smith.
An 1862 Meetinghouse is the headquarters of the Historical Society of Wells & Ogunquit. The Meetinghouse Museum is also the home of the Esselyn Perkins Library, one of the finest genealogical collections in southern Maine.
The Society’s Meetinghouse is on the National Register of Historical Places and is open on from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays and on Saturdays from 10 a.m,.to 1 p.m. Admission is free and donations are accepted.
For more information, call 646-4775.
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