Opening Day at Maine State Museum

The Maine State Museum seeks to share what is meaningful about Maine and its place in the world, in order to inspire people to discover Maine’s past, understand its present, and imagine its future.

The museum will open to the public for the first phase of its Grand Reopening on October 24, 2026!

The reasons for this long timeline? The renovation of the Cultural Building, the 55- year-old structure that houses the State Museum, State Archives, and State Library, has been much more complex than anyone expected. The Cultural Building’s needs required a down-to-the-bones rebuilding to comply with new building codes, achieve energy efficiency, create a safe and stable interior environment, provide better accessibility, replace worn-out finishes, and upgrade technology systems