The third oldest state historical society in the United States, the Maine Historical Society offers a growing museum and incomparable library. 

The Portland Fire Museum contains the collection of the Portland Veteran Firemen’s Association, accrued over the last one hundred-eleven years.

Visit the Tate House Museum, the elegant home of Maine’s last Mast Agent and see how New England forests fueled colonial industry, strengthened the British Royal Navy, and sparked rebellion.