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Wilson Museum
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: 107 Perkins St Castine ME USA 04421
- Telephone Number: +1-207-326-9247
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Wilson Museum is a museum in Castine , Maine, USA. It was founded using the collection of Dr John Howard Wilson, a geologist.Wilson lived in Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Nantucket during his youth. He arrived at Castine in 1891 with his mother, Cassine Cartwright Wilson. He received a PhD in geology from Columbia University.In 1921, Mrs Wilson gave the western part of the land she owned to build a museum for John Wilsons collections. Three other buildings were added in the late 1960s, the Blacksmith Shop, Hearse House, and the John Perkins House.The exhibits include:* Rocks, minerals, shells.* Pre-historic artifacts from North and South America.* Exhibits from Europe and Africa illustrating the development of tools during the early Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages.* Six dioramas constructed by Ned Burns of the American Museum of Natural History in 1926.* Cultures of Africa, Oceania, North and South America.* Early weapons and firearms.* Local history.* Ship models.* 19th century carpenters tools, farm and household equipment.* Reconstructed kitchen of 1805 and a Victorian parlor.* Special exhibits every summer using the museums collections.* Archival material on the history of Castine. [1]
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