Around the World with Edith Barry
March 1, 2008 - ongoing

The History Showcase is a thematic display case offering changing mini-exhibitions throughout the year--an innovative way of highlighting special collections and/or recent acquisitions and ensures that returning visitors are always seeing something unique! Our first-ever History Showcase showcases the world travels of the Museum's illustrious founder, Edith Cleaves Barry (1884-1969). Though ephemera, photos and souvenirs, trace her journeys during the "Golden Age of Travel" to the Orient, the wilds of Africa, and the Egyptian pyramids.

The History Showcase is made possible by the following proud Business Partners: Captain Lord Mansion, Captain Jefferds Inn, and Cole Harrison Insurance.

Burned into our Memories: The '47 Fire. . .Sixty Years Later
August 16 - December 29, 2007*

Sixty years after epic forest fires blazed their way through Maine, the Museum reflects on this seminal natural disaster, exploring such questions as why it continues to endure in our collective memory, if it could happen again, and what might be done differently to fight such a fire today.

*This exhibition officially closed 12/29/07, but visitors coming to the Museum in early January 2008 can still see much of the exhibit still in place.

A Legacy of Lords
July 1, 2006 - ongoing

In honor of The Brick Store Museum's nearly 200-year-old buildings and more than 70 years as a museum, this exhibition looks back on three generations of Kennebunk's Lord family and their roles in creating the museum you enjoy today.

Treasures of the Community
May 2003 - ongoing
Treasures of the Community is a broad, cross section sampler of the history of the Kennebunks, from its earliest settlements to the present. Also featured are representational items from the Museum's collection of early American fine and decorative arts. There are numerous pieces of furniture—including sideboards, clocks, and chairs dating from 1700 - 1900—and portraits by John Brewster Jr., Thomas Badger, Walter Ingalls and others.