Monthly Board Meeting

The Southwest Harbor Historical Society Board of Directors meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 4:30pm at the Manset Meetinghouse.

The next board meeting is scheduled for December 10.

These meetings are open to the public.

Vintage Christmas
Displays of vintage holiday decorations, including Santas and lighthouses.

Saturday, December 7 from 1-4 pm
Wednesday, December 11 from 4-6 pm
Saturday, December 14 from 1-4 pm

What’s New on the Website

An Oral History with Rod Lucas

Recorded by Anne Welles, Summer 2023

Rod was the easiest person to interview. Once I introduced him, he spoke without prompting for multiple sessions. He would sit in his living room in his rocker, close his eyes and start talking in such detail I felt like he was watching his life story unfold in his mind….

Click here to listen and view additional photographs.

Rod Lucas

We have been doing a lot of sorting of items within the society, along with cleaning up the storage area and updating collection files. We had some electrical work done and added new lighting to brighten up the museum. We will have more spot lights, highlighting certain displays. We hope to do some painting and displaying items in our common area. We also added one wall of prints (pictured here) from local artist, Christine Gilley.