Imagine quilts with secret pouches and handwritten inscriptions. Or a rare chest dating to 1685. Even a painting found floating at sea of a Kennebunkport ship captain. Examine pieces salvaged from area shipwrecks. Peek inside a Civil War drum for a real surprise. View the largest collection of World War I and II posters in all of Maine.

These fascinating artifacts and intriguing stories—and much more—have shaped our past and present. And they're all here at The Brick Store Museum.

There are more than 70,000 items in the Museum's collections, dating from the region's earliest settlements to the present day. Collections highlights include:

• Artifacts and papers pertaining to the maritime heritage of the Kennebunks
• Items from the estates of renowned authors, Kenneth Roberts and Booth Tarkington
• Paintings by Thomas Badger, John Brewster, Jr., Abbott Fuller Graves, Louis D. Norton, and Hannah Skeele.