Buried in Time:  Hidden Stories from Laurel Hill Cemetery opens at the Saco Museum on June 23 and runs through Oct. 21, 2018.

Laurel Hill Cemetery was established in 1844, one of the first to follow the rural cemetery movement begun with Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  These new “rural” cemeteries were designed to be park-like arboretums that would provide peaceful places for families to both bury and visit the deceased.

Laurel Hill contains the graves of most of the people who played an important part in the history of the community, but it is also the final resting place of numerous less well-known individuals who led interesting, and historically revealing, lives.  Buried in Time features portraits, photographs, documents, and other personal objects associated with a variety Saco residents, from all walks of life, who are buried in the cemetery.

The Dyer Library/Saco Museum is located at 371 Main Street (Route 1) in historic downtown Saco, Maine.  Free parking.  Museum is handicapped accessible.

Museum Hours and Admission: Tues, Wed, Thurs 12 – 4 pm; Friday 12 – 8 pm (FREE from 4 – 8 pm); Saturday 10 am – 4 pm.  Regular admission: Adults $5; Seniors & Students $3; Children (7 – 18) $2; Children 6 and under, no charge.