This excellent museum has something for people of all ages; offering Senior Citizens the opportunity to reflect on their past and youngsters to learn about lifestyles in the 18th century.

The original 900-piece collection was purchased from Union native, Edward A. Matthews, in the early 1960’s. It included antique tools, vehicles and kitchen utensils dating back more than 100 years, plus many innovative homemade inventions springing from “Yankee Ingenuity”.

Additional items, loaned or donated, have created a well-rounded collection of relics used in rural and village life in our last century. The exhibits now number over 8,000 articles relevant to colonial Maine.