General Information
Use these links to learn more about the Museum’s history, exhibitions, educational initiatives and collections. Our Blog, Museum Telegram, is also a good source for updated information and announcements.
Would you like to request use of the Museum’s logo, media images, information, or otherwise? Please write your request in an email addressed to [email protected] for the fastest response.
For press releases and/or high-resolution image files (for media use only), to schedule a media visit, to be added to the Brick Store Museum’s press list, or for additional information, please contact us at [email protected] or at (207) 985-4802. Thank you for your interest in supporting the Museum through news and media coverage. We welcome members of the press to visit our exhibitions and cover our programs and events, at no cost; please contact us at the information above to get started.
Rights & Reproductions:
We are happy to assist you in your work. Please visit our Rights & Reproductions page to learn how to request a piece for your research or publication. All requests must be made through Leanne Stowe, Collections Manager, via the preferred method of email ([email protected]) or phone (207)985-4802.
Recent Press Releases
2025: A Year of Reaching Outward – Help Our Annual Fund!
2025 Annual Fund Drive The Brick Store Museum needs your support to connect more people with the past than ever before. Since 2019, the Museum’s audience has grown from 4,900 visitors to 10,000 visitors in 2024 – that’s more than doubled! We need everyone’s help to continue this community […]
Cool Blast for the Past
Help Us Keep Our Cool This Summer❄️ Have you ever rented the community space at the Brick Store Museum? If so, you may know the truth—we’ve been operating without air conditioning in our Dane Street Program Center for years! Now, we’re changing that. The “Cool Blast for the Past” campaign is raising […]
Summer 2025 at the Museum
A Summer Full of Creativity and Discovery at the Brick Store Museum The Brick Store Museum is excited to welcome the community and visitors alike to a vibrant summer season filled with hands-on programs, local art, and engaging history. With offerings for all ages, there’s never been a better time […]
The Ship “Neva” Painting Returns Home!
The Brick Store Museum preserves over 55,000 objects and archives relating to the history, art and cultures of Kennebunk and the surrounding communities. Nearly a year ago (March 2024), the Museum hosted a “March Madness” competition, during which museum visitors voted for their “favorite” piece of art from the Museum’s […]
The Brick Store Museum is a BLUE STAR MUSEUM!
The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk and The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport announced they will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2024 program will begin on Armed Forces […]
2024 Annual Fund Appeal
Dearest friends of the Museum, In 1884, a local woman named Hattie Dudley sailed on a Kennebunk-built ship captained by her husband around the Cape of Good Hope. She kept a diary – a recording of her first entry can be found below. While the pencil outlines of her writing […]