Calendar / Events

Weekly

The Museum is open Tuesdays from 9 AM until Noon.

Monthly

The Museum is open on the second Saturday of each month, 9 AM to Noon.

Upcoming Programs

All programs will be presented at the Parish Hall of the First Congregational Church, located at 167 Black Point Road in Scarborough, on the first Sunday of the month, beginning at 2:00 PM. No reservations will be required for these programs, which are sponsored by the Prouts Neck Historical Society. Donations are appreciated.

April 5, 2026 – No Monthly Meeting. Due to the Easter Holiday, there will be no meeting in April.

May 3, 2026 – “Shoulder to Shoulder: Uncovering Free and Enslaved Blacks from Maine Who Served in the American Revolution.“

As we commemorate 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, we are exploring the roles people of color played in the American Revolution.  Both free and enslaved blacks, as well as indigenous people, served on both sides of the conflict.  Many were from Maine, including Scarborough in Cumberland County.

Join us as Vana Carmona and Kathy Ostrander Roberts share with us the fascinating results of their years of research.

  • Vana Carmona is the founder of The Prince Project, a database of more than 2,000 people of color who lived in Maine before 1800.  She is descended from several early European settlers, with the first arriving in New England in 1620 and moving into Maine in 1633. Many, she discovered, were enslavers and complicit in the slave trade. 
  • Kathy Ostrander Roberts is the appointed Town Historian of Kennebunk, Maine, and the author of three books on local history, including the recently published Unmarked Graves and Forgotten Lives, The Enslaved Persons of Color in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, and Wells, Maine. She also led the discovery and documentation of the site known as the “Freed Slave Community” of Kennebunk, aka “The Ridge.” The site has been the subject of six archaeological surveys and has yielded hundreds of artifacts relating to the former residents of The Ridge.

Special Event

Dedication Ceremony – Pauper Grave Marker

Dunstan Cemetery, Scarborough, Maine
May 24, 2026 | 11:00 AM

The Scarborough Historical Society invites the public to attend a solemn and meaningful dedication ceremony for a newly installed Pauper Grave Marker at Dunstan Cemetery on Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 11:00 AM.

For many years, individuals who lived and died in poverty—often residents of Scarborough’s Town Farm—were laid to rest without permanent markers. Their names, lives, and stories were largely unrecognized in the cemetery’s physical landscape. This new marker serves as a long-overdue acknowledgment of those individuals, restoring a measure of dignity and remembrance to members of our community who were, until now, largely forgotten.

The ceremony will include brief remarks on the history of the Town Farm, the research undertaken to identify those interred in unmarked graves, and the importance of preserving and honoring all aspects of Scarborough’s past. Representatives from the Scarborough Historical Society will be present, along with community members and supporters who contributed to making this memorial possible.

This dedication reflects an ongoing commitment to historical preservation, genealogical research, and community remembrance.

All are welcome to attend and participate in honoring these individuals whose lives are integral to Scarborough’s history.

Other Programs of Interest

March 28 – Spirits Alive – “Colonial Burying Grounds as Archaeological Landscapes” Presented by Jason Ur. – 1:30 PM, 7th Floor Event Room, Glickman Library, Bedford St., USM Portland Campus – Free of charge, donation greatefully accepted.