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Description: Collection houses artifacts from the early Paleolithic, through the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, rocks and minerals, early tools, weapons and firearms. Additional historic structures on the grounds. Includes calendar of events, workshops, hours and directions. Located in Castine.
Welcome to the Wilson Museum Campus The Wilson Museum was founded by . Dr. Wilson spent most of his youth in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, NY and Nantucket, he came first to with his mother, Cassine Cartwright Wilson, in 1891. By 1906 Dr. Wilson had received from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in geology, was married and had a summer home on Nautilus Island, across the harbor from his mother’s house in Castine. In 1921 Mrs. Wilson gave the west end of her lot to build a museum for Dr. Wilson’s collections. Three other buildings were added to the property in the late 1960s: The John Perkins House, Blacksmith Shop and a small exhibit building.
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| Page title: | Welcome to the Wilson Museum |
| Keywords: | Wilson Museum, John Perkins House, Blacksmith Shop, Hearse House, Bulletin, cemetery research, Dr. John Howard Wilson, antiquity, Rocks, Minerals, Shells, Pre-historic artifacts, dioramas, Neolithic, Paleolithic, Bronze Age, exhibits from Europe and Africa |
| Description: | The Castine Scientific Society owns and maintains the Wilson Museum Complex to show the antiquity of man and his cultural stages from the earliest geologic times that furnish any evidence of his existence, down to our present times. |
| IP-address: | 208.85.226.200 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 2001-10-09T16:01:01Z Expiry Date: 2014-10-09T16:01:01Z |