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 The Wilton Farm & Home Museum

April 11, 2024 @ 6:30pm:

Join Maine author and historian Anne B. Gass for a presentation on the women’s suffrage movement in Maine. The Wilton Historical Society is hosting a talk on April 11, 2024, at 6:30 PM at the Wilton Farm and Home Museum on Canal Street in Wilton.

Anne B. Gass is the author of “Voting Down the Rose; Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Maines Fight for Woman Suffrage. Florence Brooks Whitehouse was Anne’s great-grandmother. Florence helped to win women’s suffrage against the challenges of the conservative view of women’s roles, WWI, and the 1918 influenza epidemic. Florence founded and chaired the Maine branch of the National Woman’s Party, working with national suffrage leaders. Ms. Gass will talk about Florence’s leadership role in the suffrage movement in Maine that resulted in the passing of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. The talk is free admission and open to the public.

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Explore and enjoy our large collection of Wilton memorabilia. Housed in the former GH Bass Boarding House,  you will discover unusual items used in daily domestic life, tools used in crafts and trades such as farming, shoe making and blacksmithing.

Take time to study and appreciate the fine artwork of Joe Knowles,  reminisce about school days past while viewing our large collection of Wilton Academy memorabilia.

Sylvia HardyLearn the story of Sylvia Hardy, Maine’s Giantess, appreciate our impressive collection of Maine bottles. Remember summers of long ago while browsing through our Camp Kineowatha collection. Watch our blacksmiths create the “necessities of the day” at our open forge.

Our guided tours help to bring the collections to life. We are handicapped accessible and offer ample parking. Situated downtown, we are a 2 minute walk to beautiful Wilson Lake, banking, restaurants, Wilton Public Library as well as a variety of small shops. Lodging is available nearby.