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Minerals and MuseumsMaine Mineral and Gem Museum opening

27th Nov 2019 18:39 UTCTom Klinepeter

The long awaited, much anticipated Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is opening on Thursday 12/12/2019. Located in the beautiful Bethel, Maine USA it is the premier science museum in Maine. As a volunteer I have had the pleasure of touring the new museum and I can tell you it is well worth the wait. So if you are in the northeast US or are planning a visit add this to the list of musts.

For more information check the museums Facebook page or website

27th Nov 2019 18:46 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

Wonderful news!
If I get the chance, this will be on my to-do list......

27th Nov 2019 19:59 UTCEric D. Fritzsch 🌟

Tom- Looking forward to visiting the museum. Hope to get there in the next year or two.

27th Nov 2019 23:00 UTCEd Clopton 🌟 Expert

I, too, have been waiting for this often-postponed event and look forward to being wowed by a bunch of neat local rocks.

Bethel is right near the Sunday River ski resort, so in case it's necessary to bribe or cajole a non-mineral person into making a trip up to Maine so you can check out the museum . . . .

28th Nov 2019 17:12 UTCTom Klinepeter

Also close to a group of areas to collect minerals

28th Nov 2019 20:57 UTCKeith Compton 🌟 Manager

Good to see a mineral museum actually opening rather than closing.

29th Nov 2019 01:38 UTCSteven Kuitems Expert

Hope they put in a state of the art security system with continuous monitoring.

Looking forward to a Mindat report Tom.

30th Nov 2019 19:16 UTCEd Clopton 🌟 Expert

Here's a link (I hope it works) to a long writeup in yesterday's Portland Press-Herald: http://www.pressherald.com/2019/11/29/gems-minerals-and-worlds-largest-moon-rocks-get-their-own-museum-in-bethel/

Too much emphasis on meteorites in my opinion, but if that's what it takes to draw people to see the real attraction, Maine minerals, so be it. Looking forward to seeing the place myself.

30th Nov 2019 19:36 UTCMaggie Kroenke

Hi everyone! I hope you all are able to come and visit. We are can'tfindawordforit excited to open the doors and show you what we've been up to. I am on staff at the Museum and can't believe the journey it has been.