Page Farm and Home Museum of the University of Maine

5787 Museum Barn, 12 Portage Road Orono, ME Phone: 207-581-4100

This museum is part of the University of Maine, and its mission is to describe industry, agriculture, economy, and lives of rural Maine farmers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Centerpiece of the property is the three-story, post and beam Maine Experiment Station barn, built in 1833. Also on the farm and museum property are the 1855 Chute Schoolhouse, the Winston E. Pullen Carriage House and the blacksmith shop. A garden containing herbs, flowers, and vegetables that were grown from 1865 to 1940 is on the property. The museum contains the state’s most important collection of farm technologies and artifacts of rural culture.

Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m