Pejepscot Historical Society

About organization

Pejepscot History Center preserves, interprets, and promotes the rich history of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, through its collections, programs, and historic house museums.

Organization programming strengths

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Collection: Civil War history, particularly Gettysburg.
Skolfield Whittier House Collection: Late 19th century (Victorian) culture, Women’s history, decorative arts, changing technology in the late 19th/early 20th century, early forensic science/medical history.
Pejepscot History Center general collection: History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell; Prohibition in Maine, 19th/20th century industry and manufacturing, Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB), the Androscoggin River, Fisheries and other ocean-based businesses, Shipbuilding, Franco-American/French Canadian immigration, Scots-Irish (Ulster Scot) immigration, Early American literary history, Abolitionism, Bowdoin College,

Contact Information

Address: 
159 Park Row Brunswick, ME 04011