Wilson Museum

The Wilson Museum offers immersive learning experiences, exhibits and programs on world cultures, natural history, and local history. The Wilson Museum Welcomes You!

Meet a 460-million-year-old trilobite. Marvel at a Neanderthal stone axe. Imagine yourself creating a meal in Phebe Perkins’ kitchen. Encounter Indigenous cultures from around the world. Listen for the ring of the village blacksmith’s hammer. Shape wood with a traditional hand tool. Smell the sea air off Penobscot Bay. And so much more!

Founded in 1921 by Castine summer resident and geologist Dr. J. Howard Wilson, the Wilson Museum invites you to forge connections across history, places, and cultures. From million-year old fossils to Bagaduce River horseshoe crabs, from the tools of early humans to Castine’s local history, from the shores of Penobscot Bay to people around the world, the collections, exhibits, and programs at the Wilson Museum feed curiosity and provide multi-sensory, immersive learning experiences. Visitors of all ages can tour an early Castine home, watch craftspeople and artisans demonstrate traditional skills and tools, and engage in hands-on learning.

Our mission: Cultivating and encouraging human connection across place, time, and cultures.