Museum Blog & Digital Newsletter
The Ship “Neva” Painting Returns Home!
The Brick Store Museum preserves over 55,000 objects and archives relating to the history, art and cultures of Kennebunk and the surrounding communities. Nearly a year ago (March 2024), the […]
Sarah Junkins
Speaking a name and telling someone’s story is a remarkable feeling. Especially if that person is “lost to time” – just a name scrawled in a payroll book, or a […]
ART+Pride Mural Support Needed!
Mural in honor of Cookie Davis >> Art+PRIDE In Summer 2024, the Brick Store Museum (BSM) will be premiering the artwork of local trans-artist Cookie Davis (also known as Coleman […]
The Brick Store Museum is a BLUE STAR MUSEUM!
The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk and The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport announced they will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free […]
2024 Annual Fund Appeal
Dearest friends of the Museum, In 1884, a local woman named Hattie Dudley sailed on a Kennebunk-built ship captained by her husband around the Cape of Good Hope. She kept […]
Nominate Community Members for Exhibit!
Help create this summer’s exhibition! The Brick Store Museum is telling the stories of every day community members who helped to make Kennebunk what it is today. Through the lens […]
2024 Annual Visitor Survey
Help us craft new programs and services that speak to community needs! This Annual Visitor Survey helps the Museum stay up-to-date on needs of neighbors and community members, to […]
Twenty Years.
We do it better, when we’re together. * Twenty years. Two decades. A lot has changed. But some things stay the same. The Museum’s All Souls’ Walk recently celebrated its […]
2023 Artist in Residence – Elizabeth Winter Guest Writer
The Dwellings Project: a study of insignificant significant places and spaces in the Kennebunks Hi there, let me start by introducing myself. My name is Elizabeth Winter, and I am […]
Halloween at the Museum
Kennebunk is a popular place at Halloween-time! The Museum, in the heart of downtown Kennebunk, takes part in the annual Trick-or-Treat tradition and from its location at the opening to […]