The Patten Lumbermen’s Museum, with a unanimous vote of the founding Board of Directors, was Incorporated in January 1963 as a non-profit 501c3 Corporation

Patten Lumbermen’s Museum will open Friday, May 22rd, 2026 Memorial Day week-end.

We are open on all Monday holidays, including May 25th, Memorial Day, September 7th, Labor Day and October 12th, Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day.

May and June: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00-4:00.

July, August, and September: 6 days a week, Tuesday through Sunday. Closed on all Mondays unless it’s a holiday as Memorial Day, Labor Day and Columbus/Indigenous People Day. On October 12th, the Museum will close for the season.

Please check back often for any changes to the schedule which might occur and follow the Patten Lumbermen’s Museum page on Facebook.

2026 Fiddlers and Fiddlehead Festival: Saturday, May 16. 2026

2025 Father’s Day- Free admission for Fathers: Sunday, June 21st – 10:00-4:00

2026 Annual Bean Hole Bean Dinner: Saturday, August 8th, 11:00-3:00 Always the second (2nd) Saturday in August! Also, visit the Museum Friday early afternoon to watch the preparation of the bean pits and the beans for Saturday’s dinner .

Open for Visitors:

May 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 and 31, 10:00-4:00

June 5th-28th, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 10:00-4:00

July 3rd through October 12th: Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00AM – 4:00PM

Closed Mondays except Memorial Day, Labor Day and Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day

Annual Fiddlers and Fiddlehead Festival

Annual Bean Hole Bean Dinner

Preparations for the Bean Dinner: Friday, August 7, 2026

Come by the Museum at noon Friday, August 7th, 2026 to watch the process of preparing the pots of beans for the bean Dinner. The men will be building the fires in the bean holes, positioning the pots of beans over the fire to parboil, season the beans with salt pork, onions, molasses and spices. Finally, the men will lower the pots onto the bed of hot coals, cover them in the ground for their overnight baking.

Annual Bean Hole Bean Dinner: Saturday August 8th, 2026 11:00-3:00

Always the second Saturday in August
Bean-hole baked beans like the river drivers used to do it
Maine’s own “red” hot dogs
Maine’s “Bake-well Cream” Biscuits made and baked by the open fire
Delicious Coleslaw
Gingerbread made by our own local ladies
Coffee boiled over the open fire- yes, if you wait til the end of the day, you can stand a spoon up in it!
Wagon rides with John Boyce and his beautiful horses!
Music
Blacksmithing demonstrations- try your hand at it!
Wood turning demonstrations- watch a bowl be “turned” from a burl off a tree
Children’s games
Crafters’ tables

Monday, October 12th, 2026
Patten Lumbermen’s Museum closes for the season!