Discover some of the exciting places you can explore with your Bethel Library card!

Bethel Library Passes 2025 include access to some of the following places:

Maine Maritime Museum

Fishing, building, trading, exploring, privateering, enjoying; Maine has always been about the sea. All these aspects are well covered in a museum in an old shipyard, next to today’s most important Maine shipyard, Bath Iron Works (Tours available.) Learn more about the museum here: https://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/

MILL

We tend to think of forests and wilderness, but industry, especially textile mills and shoe factories, was a very important part of Maine. It’s a story about technology, but even more about people; MILL knows that. Learn more about the museum here: https://mainemill.org/

Maine Mineral and Gem Museum

Never a big mining state, Maine has nevertheless produced a range of mineral products and a spectacular variety of semi-precious stones. The story is well told, right here in Bethel. Learn more about the museum here: https://mainemineralmuseum.org/

Tate House

There’s not much left of really old Portland; it kept burning down. But in 1755 a well-to-do British immigrant built a stylish house a few miles away, and ran his business and the British Navy’s (masts) timber business for decades. Learn more about the museum here: https://www.tatehouse.org/