About

WE ENVISION an island-wide community working together to promote appreciation of the histories of Mount Desert Island.

OUR MISSION is to foster meaningful engagement with the histories of Mount Desert Island.

WE VALUE:

• producing and promoting new scholarship and education in history that connects scholars

  and citizen historians to wide audiences

• free access to opportunities for diverse and creative historical engagement

• collaboration among institutions and individuals, sharing resources to achieve common

  goals

• respect for the dignity of cultures and traditions

• the importance of history to promote understanding of current issues

• our role in telling island stories that inform and delight audiences

• preserving historic artifacts and documents as a means of caring for local history, educating

  and inspiring people of all ages, interests, and backgrounds

Founded in 1931, a selection of the Society’s diverse services and key activities include: museum exhibits, walking tours, lectures, fun members-only events, publication of an award-winning annual journal, Chebacco, along with access to our historical collections at the Sound Schoolhouse and online.