Counting House Museum
The Old Berwick Historical Society
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Old Berwick Historical Society
Counting House Museum
PO Box 296
South Berwick, ME 03908
(207) 384-0000Inquiries:
Done by VolunteersLast Updated:
04/04/2009
The Counting House Museum is a regional treasure containing one of northern New England’s last textile mill ballrooms. Home of the Old Berwick Historical Society, it is a repository for documents, photographs and historic curiosities covering a wide spectrum of community life in and around the Berwicks, site of the first permanent settlement in Maine.
We serve history lovers from all over the country, especially Seacoast New Hampshire and Southern York County, Maine.
Living History Day
Saturday, July 18, 9 am - 4 pm
Counting House Museum, South Berwick, ME
Rain or shine
Free admissionTake a trip back in time with our living history presentation depicting a late 17th century Native American and French encampment. Enjoy meeting costumed interpreters of an explosive chapter of local history history. At the Counting House Museum, open all day, see archaeological artifacts from the Chadbourne homestead destroyed in 1690 in South Berwick.
New book: "Placenames of South Berwick"
Click here for the 2009 Talking Program
Our Mission Statement
The Old Berwick Historical Society promotes public awareness of and appreciation for local and regional history through a variety of activities that explore, preserve, interpret, and celebrate the past, and through stewardship of the Counting House and its collections.
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