Museums & Historic Sites
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Name

• Barracks Historical Museum
  Washington Street
  Eastport, Maine

Historical, Geneological.

This museum, moved from its original site, was one of the barracks buildings from the former Fort Sullivan.

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• Burnham Tavern Museum
  Machias, Maine

Historical.

Season: Mid-June to Labor Day
Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm ET / 10am - 6pm AT Monday - Friday

• Campobello Island Library & Museum
  Welshpool Village, Campobello Island, New Brunswick

Historical

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• Gates House Historical Museum
  Machiasport Historical Society
  Machiasport, Maine
  (207)255-8461

Historical, Genealogical.

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Summer months. Tours & Genealogical Research assistance.

• Grand Manan Museum
  Grand Harbour, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick

Historical, Birds
(506)662-3524

Hours 2004:

• May 31 - June 30:
  Monday - Friday
  9am - 5:30pm AT / 8am - 4:30pm ET
• July 1 - August 31:
  Monday - Saturday
  9am - 5:30pm AT / 8am - 4:30pm ET
• September 1 - September 30:
  Monday - Friday
  9am - 5:30pm AT / 8am - 4:30pm ET

Admission:

• Adults: CN$5
• Seniors & Students: CN$3
• Children under 12 & Members: Free
• Groups of 10 or more: CN$3/person

• Green's Point Light Museum
  Green's Point Light Association
  At Letete Passage Light on Green's Point
  Letete, New Brunswick

Historical, Marine, Biological

Features marine artifacts, aquaria (including touch tank), history, and children's centre.

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• Lubec Historical Society Museum
  Route 189
  Lubec, Maine

Historical

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• Ministers Island Historic Site
  St. Andrews, New Brunswick
  New Brunswick Municipalities, Culture and Housing
  (506)529-5081

Historical, Architectural.

Hours: (Seasonal) Scheduled Summer Guided Tours at Low Tide Only. (Tide time varies daily.)
When the tide receeds, a guide will lead visitors' cars across the intertidal "road" to the island and museum.

"Covenhoven," the 50-room summer mansion, built in 1903 by Canadian Pacific Railroad tycoon, Sir William Van Horne — along with a bathhouse, gardener's cottage, coachhouse, garage, windmill, livestock barn, farmhand's quarters, and the Parson Andrews house, the oldest building on the island (circa 1790) — are now an historic site.

NOTE: Due to the hazardous tide, all visitors must leave the island at the conclusion of the tour.

• Quoddy Maritime Museum
  Water Street
  Eastport, Maine

Historical.

An original working model of the ill-fated 1930s Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project is on display. Also, hear an Oral History of Deer Island, NB, and Eastport, Maine. Watch a videotaped interview of a diver discussing the area's undersea life.

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Raye's Mustard Mill Museum Outer Washington Street, P.O. Box 2 Eastport, ME 04631 207-853-4451

Historical, Working Museum, Food Product Manufacturing.

The last working stone-ground mustard mill in the United States, in operation since 1903. When the yellow flag is flying outside, they're grinding mustard!

Tours & Pantry Store.

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• Roosevelt-Campobello International Park
  Route 174
  Welshpool, Campobello Island, New Brunswick
  Roosevelt Cottage, Hubbard Cottage

Historical, Nature Trails, Picnic Areas.

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• Ross Memorial Museum
  188 Montague
  St. Andrews, New Brunswick
  (506)529-1824

Historical, Military.

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• St. Andrews Blockhouse
  Water Street
  St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Historical, Military.

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• Sheriff Andrews House
  St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Historical

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• Shoreline Nature Center
  North Lubec Road
  Lubec, Maine

Nature Exhibits, Films, Trails, Gardens

Hours: Dawn to Dusk.

• Sunbury Shores Art & Nature Centre, Inc.
  139 Water Street
  St. Andrews, New Brunswick
  (506)529-3386

Art Gallery, Nature Trail.

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• Waponahki Museum & Resource Center
  Route 190
  Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation (Sipayik), Maine

Passamaquoddy Indian Culture & History.

Hours: By appointment (Call 207-853-4001)