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Day-Trips & Destinations
Kids on Vacation? Ogunquit Delivers

This beach resort is just the spot for a family-friendly vacation. Read more »
A Capital Visit

Five great ways to make a day of it in Augusta. Read more »
Fair Weather
The Season of Agricultural Fairs is Nigh

This list of must-see agricultural and state events will feed your fair fetish from late August though October. Read more »
Time to Take a Drive — Fall Colors Included

Backroads or the state's terra firma Airline, these six drives provide the best of fall colors in Maine. Read more »
Poochfriendly Portland

Maine's largest city has unapologetically gone to the dogs. Read more »
Chebeague Island: Everyone Waves

An excerpt from Maine's Casco Bay Islands, by David Tyler and Nance Trueworthy Read more »
Spinney's at Popham Beach

Dining for location, location, location... Read more »
This Cat Likes Water

North America's speediest car ferry provides a glimpse of the future as it tears through the pristine waters between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia. Read more »
Island Views
a Ferry Ride — or 15— Away

An excerpt from the introduction to Enjoying Maine's Islands: The Essential Guide to 15 Destinations You Can Reach by Ferry Read more »
Have You Seen These Lighthouses?

Test Your Knowledge of Maine's Lighthouses Read more »
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Upcoming Events

Rufus Porter Museum Cultural Heritage Series 2008
05.14.2008

The Third annual Cultural Heritage Series is scheduled for July 8 - 12, 2008 in Bridgton, Maine. The series is highlighted by a 3-day class Rufus...

Cabinet of Curiosities: The Museum, Science Collections, and You
05.14.2008

This exhibit, curated by the museum’s co-chief scientists, Paula Work and David Work, shows the many facets of the museum’s science...

Journeys West: The David and Peggy Rockefeller American Indian Art Collection
05.14.2008

This exhibition features Pueblo paintings, Navajo blankets and silverwork, embroidered Dakota leatherwork, Nez Perce weavings, basketry from...

Journeys West: The David and Peggy Rockefeller American Indian Art Collection
05.14.2008

This exhibition features Pueblo paintings, Navajo blankets and silverwork, embroidered Dakota leatherwork, Nez Perce weavings, basketry from...

Recent Acquisitions & Contemporary Works from the Permanent Collection
05.14.2008

Among the recent additions to the museum’s permanent collection are works by Joanne Baldinger, Jeffrey Becton, Bob Brooks, Rudy Burckhardt, David...

Recent Acquisitions & Contemporary Works from the Permanent Collection
05.14.2008

Among the recent additions to the museum’s permanent collection are works by Joanne Baldinger, Jeffrey Becton, Bob Brooks, Rudy Burckhardt, David...

Progressive Gourmet Dinner
05.14.2008

Weekend inclueds tours of three historic Freeport B&B's and the entree catered by the Azure Cafe'.

Taking Different Trails: The Artists’ Journey to Katahdin Lake.
05.14.2008

This exhibition features the work of twenty contemporary artists and their views of and from Katahdin Lake in Township 3, Range 8. All of the...

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