Archives: Events
Maine Maple Sunday
Open in Winter, 2025 by appointment onlyMark Your Calendar! Join us Sunday, March 23rd from 12-3 pm for Maine Maple Sunday. Learn about the sap boiling process and indulge in some maple syrup drenched ice cream! This event is free and open to all.
Harvest at the Homestead
Fall harvesting marks the beginning of the big push to get ready for winter here in Maine and the Camden-Rockport Historical Society invites you to celebrate the season with us on Saturday, October 7 from 10-4. Multiple historical harvest activities, demonstrations and treats will take place alongside the demonstrations. The historical interpreters of Early Camden […]
2024 History Camp

Interested in signing up for our summer history camp this year? Your children will live a week in the life of a homesteading family from the late 1700s, including making their own books and ink, carding and spinning wool, and cooking over an open hearth. Returning campers will build on learned skills for a fun […]
Maple Sunday at the Homestead!
Join us at the Homestead for our annual celebration of Maine Maple Sunday on March 26 from 12-3PM! The sugar shack will be open for tours, and living history interpreters will be demonstrating life as early settlers of midcoast Maine in the 1770s. Visitors can participate in sap boiling, hearth cooking, wood splitting with a […]
Troops at Camden Encampments

All encampments will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will be held at the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s Thorndike House. The Troops at Camden is a volunteer group working exclusively with the CRHS as historical interpreters. At this time the Troops/CRHS are not inviting outside groups to our events. Participants in the encampments must […]
Troops at Camden Encampments

All encampments will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will be held at the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s Thorndike House. The Troops at Camden is a volunteer group working exclusively with the CRHS as historical interpreters. At this time the Troops/CRHS are not inviting outside groups to our events. Participants in the encampments must […]
History Camp!

This summer at the Homestead, we will be introducing young learners to what life was like as a Colonial settler with our Homestead History Program. This pilot program will be a “trip back in time” immersion in hands-on exploration and learning about life in the 18th century. This immersive program is one week long, from […]
Troops at Camden Encampments

All encampments will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will be held at the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s Thorndike House. The Troops at Camden is a volunteer group working exclusively with the CRHS as historical interpreters. At this time the Troops/CRHS are not inviting outside groups to our events. Participants in the encampments must […]
History Camp!

This summer at the Homestead, we will be introducing young learners to what life was like as a Colonial settler with our Homestead History Program. This pilot program will be a “trip back in time” immersion in hands-on exploration and learning about life in the 18th century. This immersive program is one week long, from […]