Page Farm & Home Museum, Marsh Island

Name: Page Farm & Home Museum
Address: Marsh Island, United States

#2 among attractions in Marsh Island

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The Page Farm & Home Museum is a museum on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. Its mission is "to collect, document, preserve, interpret and disseminate knowledge of Maine history relating to farms and farming communities between 1865 and 1940, providing an educational and cultural experience for the public and a resource for researchers of this period." The University of Maine was founded in 1865 as the "Maine College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts". The centerpiece of the museum is the Maine Experiment Station Barn, a 19th-century barn, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, that is the last standing agricultural building on the campus. ()

Coordinates: 44°53'51"N, 68°39'58"W

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Page Farm & Home Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Orono Post Office, Collins Center for the Arts, Hudson Museum, University of Maine.

1.1 miS
City hall
Orono Post Office, Orono
28 min walk • The main Orono Post Office is located at 1 Bennoch Street in Orono, Maine. Built in 1933, it is a fine local example of Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
~780 ftN
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
4 min walk • The Collins Center for the Arts, formerly the Maine Center for the Arts, is a performing arts center and concert hall located on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
~760 ftN
Specialty museum, Museum
Hudson Museum, Orono
4 min walk • The Hudson Museum is an anthropology museum that is operated by the University of Maine and is located in the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine.
~1140 ftN
Universities and schools
University of Maine, Orono
6 min walk • The University of Maine is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System.
1 miS
Dam
Orono Dam, Orono
25 min walk • The Orono Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Stillwater River at its confluence with the Penobscot River in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine.
~1080 ftNW
Library
Raymond H. Fogler Library, Orono
6 min walk • The Raymond H. Fogler Library is an academic library at the University of Maine in Orono. The library's collections include approximately more than 1 million volumes, nearly 4 million periodical subscriptions, 1.6 million microforms, 2.2 million United States Federal, Maine...
~610 ftNW
Observatories and planetariums
Maynard F. Jordan Observatory, Marsh Island
3 min walk • Maynard F. Jordan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Maine. Its first telescope was installed at the university in 1901, and was upgraded during the creation of the Emera Astronomy Center in 2014.
0.4 miNE
Botanical garden
Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden, Marsh Island
12 min walk • The Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden is located on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, United States. It consists of two parts: the Littlefield Garden, housing the permanent collection of woody and herbaceous ornamentals; and the Research Center dedicated to research.
1.2 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Nathaniel Treat House, Orono
32 min walk • The Nathaniel Treat House is a historic house at 114 Main Street in Orono, Maine. Probably built in the 1830s, the house is a fine example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture executed in brick.
0.4 miW
Botanical garden
Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation, Marsh Island
12 min walk • The Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation, 10 acres, is an arboretum and botanical garden located along the Stillwater River on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, United States. It is open to the public daily.
1 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
Edith Marion Patch House, Old Town
26 min walk • The Edith Marion Patch House is a historic house at 500 College Avenue in Old Town, Maine. Built about 1837, the house was from 1913 to 1954 it was the home of entomologist and writer Edith Marion Patch.

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Which popular attractions are close to Page Farm & Home Museum?

Nearby attractions include Maynard F. Jordan Observatory, Marsh Island (3 min walk), Hudson Museum, Orono (4 min walk), Collins Center for the Arts, Orono (4 min walk), Raymond H. Fogler Library, Orono (6 min walk).