Established in 1998, The Newcastle Historical Society provides visitors with a doorway to the past at its museum in the old historic Taniscot Engine House located on Main Street.  There, visitors will find our museum filled with artifacts and historical memorabilia of the heritage of the people that live and have lived within its boundaries. 

In the museum visitors can view old town and tax records,  fire equipment including a restored pumper, genealogical records, archaeological artifacts, The Dinsmore - Flye Pictorial Collection of over 80,000 negatives and photographs, books, a complete cemetery listing from 1758 to 2008, old newspapers and clippings, maps dating back to the 1700s, old postcards, Clark Bottle Collection, tools of yesteryear and hundreds of other artifacts.  Conservation is an integral part of the museum's goals. 

Newcastle is located on the Damariscotta River.  It also includes the villages of Sheepscot on the Sheepscot River, part of Damariscotta Mills on the Great Salt Bay and Damariscotta Lake, and North Newcastle.  Other rural areas include East Newcastle and South Newcastle.

                    MEETINGS

1st Wednesday Each Month
(Except in January, February & March)
7:00 P.M.  
Community Room - River Road (Adjacent to Tanisicot Fire Engine Company)
No Charge to Attend.