NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Bangor Daily News' website.
The Islesford Historical Museum on Little Cranberry Island is getting a significant physical rehabilitation in a $1.1 million project funded by the National Park Service. The project began in November, and is expected to last throughout the summer and will prevent the museum from opening in 2020. Acadia National Park officials say the project should be completed by the summer of 2021.
Bangor Daily News writer, Bill Trotter, covers in his article, "The project will involve work to both the building exterior and interior, according to Acadia officials. The existing slate roof, which dates from the museum’s opening in 1928, will be redone with new slate, while the building’s brick exterior and shutters, window sashes and lighting also will be replaced or restored." The museum, founded by William Otis Sawtelle, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Though the museum will be closed, the daily park ranger-guided boat cruise to Islesford is expected to continue this summer.
To read more on the Islesford Historical Museum, click here.