Brick Store Museum

Imagine That! Kennebunk Commerce History Tour
2023-10-10 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-10-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-10-24 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-10-31 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-11-07 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Offered weekly:
Tuesdays at 10:30am (through November 7; or by appointment during shoulder seasons)
This outdoor walking tour of Kennebunk’s Main Street features three centuries of commercial history. Start at the Brick Store Museum (itself part of the town’s commercial history!) and explore the history of commerce and trade that occurred on Main Street over the past 300 years. Tour ends at the Lafayette Mill at Storer Street (visitors can return to the Museum or support local shops downtown!).
Time: 60 – 90 minutes
Distance: About half a mile on sidewalks.
>> RESERVE TICKETS HERE >>
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More information:
Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
If the forecast on the day of your walk calls for rain, please contact the Museum in advance to make sure the walk is still scheduled. Email: info@brickstoremuseum.org OR call: (207)985-4802. If the walk is postponed, you will have the choice to reschedule or receive a refund.
Where to go:
This tour begins at the Brick Store Museum. Please arrive about 5 minutes prior to the tour start.
PARKING: Parking is available in front of the Museum; in the town lot (free!) next to the Museum; and along Main Street (also free).
To be notified about this schedule, please join our mailing list.

Kennebunk Beach Walking Tour
2024-06-29 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-07-06 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-08-03 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-08-31 10:00 - 11:30 | Trinity Chapel, Kennebunk Beach, 4 Woodland Ave, Kennebunk, 04043, United States
This outdoor walking tour of Kennebunk’s Mothers Beach features eleven historic homes and an illustration of life at the beach in the early 20th Century. Tours depart from Trinity Chapel on Woodland Ave.
Kennebunk Beach Walking Tours are offered once monthly (June 29, July 6, August 3, August 31, October 12).
Private tours are also available. Please contact us at info@brickstoremuseum.org or (207)985-4802 at least two weeks in advance of your anticipated tour date to arrange a private tour.
Time: 60 – 90 minutes
Distance: Less than a mile on sidewalks and flat terrain.
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Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
Where to go:
This tour begins at the Trinity Chapel on Railroad Ave along Kennebunk Beach. Please arrive about 5 minutes prior to the tour start. You can pre-purchase tickets online and let us know you’re coming!
PARKING: Parking is available (with Kennebunk Parking sticker) at beach spaces; and alongside roads leading to the Chapel (as marked). Please pay attention to parking signage.
If the forecast on the day of your walk calls for rain, please contact the Museum in advance to make sure the walk is still scheduled. Email: info@brickstoremuseum.org OR call: (207)985-4802. If the walk is postponed, you will have the choice to reschedule or receive a refund.

Kennebunk Beach Walking Tour
2024-10-12 10:00 - 11:30 | Trinity Chapel, Kennebunk Beach, 4 Woodland Ave, Kennebunk, 04043, United States
Please note: This tour starts at 10:00AM. It is mistakenly listed as 10:30 in our recent newsletter. Looking forward to seeing you!
This outdoor walking tour of Kennebunk’s Mothers Beach features eleven historic homes and an illustration of life at the beach in the early 20th Century. Tours depart from Trinity Chapel on Woodland Ave.
This is the final Kennebunk Beach Tour of the season!
Private tours are also available. Please contact us at info@brickstoremuseum.org or (207)985-4802 at least two weeks in advance of your anticipated tour date to arrange a private tour.
Time: 60 – 90 minutes
Distance: Less than a mile on sidewalks and flat terrain.
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Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
Where to go:
This tour begins at the Trinity Chapel on Railroad Ave along Kennebunk Beach. Please arrive about 5 minutes prior to the tour start. You can pre-purchase tickets online and let us know you’re coming!
PARKING: Parking is available (with Kennebunk Parking sticker) at beach spaces; and alongside roads leading to the Chapel (as marked). Please pay attention to parking signage.
If the forecast on the day of your walk calls for rain, please contact the Museum in advance to make sure the walk is still scheduled. Email: info@brickstoremuseum.org OR call: (207)985-4802. If the walk is postponed, you will have the choice to reschedule or receive a refund.

The Just History Walk
2025-11-08 12:30 - 18:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
The Just History Walk: Stories Between the Mousam and Kennebunk Rivers
Saturday, November 8, 2025 | 12:30 – 6:00 pm
Beginning at Rogers Pond Park, 49 Water St, Kennebunk
Ending at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 114 Main St, Kennebunk
The lower Kennebunk and Mousam River watershed region has provided people with homes and sustenance for more than ten thousand years. We know something about them from over 400 years of written history, and through oral traditions and artifacts that date back much farther. But the historical narratives, signs, and portraits that we most commonly encounter represent only a small glimpse of the tapestry woven here in this place over the centuries. While the lives of sea captains and soldiers, farmers and factory owners, bankers and builders are made visible throughout town, those of many others remain hidden from view.
The Just History Walk is not about the men traditionally credited with building the wealth reflected in the homes and businesses along Main Street and Summer Street. Rather, it’s about bringing stories of people who also shaped this community but whose contributions have been erased to the foreground, including:

Wabanaki people who inhabited this land for millennia
People of African heritage who were kidnapped and transported here
Enslaved people throughout the “New World” whose labor was the basis for much of the town’s wealth

In walking together, we’ll meet:
Ramanascho ✭ Shepard Bourn ✭ Richard Hill ✭ Phillis ✭ Tom Bassett ✭ Lucy Nicolar ✭ Primus Goodale ✭ Salem Bourne ✭ Scipio Black ✭ Joseph Ranco ✭ and others
Along the route, selected stories shared by presenters—together with performances, artwork, crafts, and artifacts—will offer opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to reflect on both what we now know about the diverse community that lived here and what remains unknown. What do these gaps and silences tell us about how history has been told?
At the conclusion, we will gather to collectively weave what we have gleaned and build connections over a meal that celebrates the ancient Indigenous roots of this community. Together, we will confront the suffering created when land and people are treated as property, and celebrate the resilience that persists when we honor our ties to land, waterways, wildlife, and each other.

This event is a collaboration between The Just History Project, The Brick Store Museum, and the Walks for Historical & Ecological Recovery (WHERE), a series convened by Atlantic Black Box. Other sponsors include First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Kennebunk and Octopus Books. This initiative is funded in part by the Mellon Foundation, Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust, Maine Humanities Council, Maine Community Foundation, Sewall Foundation, and by generous donors.
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TO REGISTER, please visit the WHERE WALKS website HERE>>

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Special Note on Museum Programs:
This program is not a place for intolerance or personal statement-making. The Museum is a space to listen, explore, and understand experiences other than our own. Participants who are unable to uphold these values are asked to simply refrain from attending.

Inside History Museum Tour
2026-01-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-15 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-29 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-31 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 and 9 more dates | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Take an Indoor Walking Tour This Winter!
It’s the Museum’s 90th Year! Explore the Brick Store Museum’s own history across five interconnected buildings, which range from 166 to 216 years old. Once home to businesses, organizations, and apartments, these spaces came together as the Brick Store Museum between 1936 and 1959.
Go behind the scenes to see highlights from the Museum’s collection of more than 50,000 artifacts while learning how these historic buildings have evolved over time, and how the Museum came to be. This guided tour lasts approximately one hour.
Tour ticket includes admission to the Museum exhibitions.
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Accessibility note: The tour moves through historic buildings and includes uneven flooring and staircases. The Museum’s second floor is not currently wheelchair accessible.
