BETHEL — The Ski Museum of Maine’s Oxford County committee is mounting an exhibit at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society to celebrate the founding of Sunday River Ski Resort in the winter of 1959/60. The exhibit opens at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 29, in the Valentine Gallery at MBHS Robinson House. The exhibit […]
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Ski museum’s Skee Spree to feature story wagon
The Ski Museum of Maine’s fifth annual Skee Spree will feature the University of Maine’s Folklife Center’s Story Wagon to record ski memories.
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Exhibit features Maine’s continued Olympic contribution
KINGFIELD — Winter weather did not deter people from attending the unveiling of a new Ski Museum of Maine exhibit Friday, Dec. 28. In fact, the museum was packed with guests for the opening reception of “Maine Olympians: from the Pine Tree State to the World Stage”. “Maine has had an athlete or coach in […]
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Ski Museum of Maine opens satellite gallery in Bethel
BETHEL — The Ski Museum of Maine has opened a satellite, the Western Mountains Gallery, at the Robinson House of the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. The inaugural exhibit, “Oxford County Skiing History: From Jockey Cap to Jordan Bowl,” traces the roots of alpine and Nordic skiing and manufacturing in Oxford County and Bridgton. […]
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Ski Museum of Maine, Bethel Historical Society team up for skiing exhibit
BETHEL — The Ski Museum of Maine is teaming up with the New England Ski Museum and the Bethel Historical Society for an exhibit that highlights Maine’s skiing history. “The Mountains of Maine: Skiing in the Pine Tree State,” will kick off on June 24 at the Bethel Historical Society’s Robinson House and will be […]
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Event to highlight Maine women in skiing
BETHEL — In recognition of Women’s History Month, the Ski Museum of Maine and the Bethel Historical Society will present “Sisters of Skade: Women in Maine Skiing 1870-2016” at the Bethel Inn Resort at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26. Skade is an ancient Norse goddess closely associated with hunting, mountains, winter and skiing. The program […]
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Ski Museum of Maine cancels annual fashion show
BETHEL — The Ski Museum of Maine is canceling its second annual Vintage Ski Fashion Show scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Bethel Inn, President Wende Gray said. She said the show was canceled because of “last-minute operational issues that we were unable to overcome, as well as possible adverse driving conditions. We hope to […]
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Bethel Inn to host second annual Vintage Ski Fashion Show on Jan. 9
BETHEL — The Bethel Inn will host the second annual Vintage Ski Fashion Show from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, to raise money for the Ski Museum of Maine. Leigh Breidenbach said she and other organizers are most interested in styles from the 1940s to the 1970s, with a focus on “snowflake sweaters, […]
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Ski Museum of Maine organizes ‘Skee Spree’ for Jan. 17
NEWRY — Following a year of fundraising to benefit a new Bethel museum, the Ski Museum of Maine is kicking off 2015 with another fundraiser Saturday, Jan. 17, at the White Cap Lodge at Sunday River Ski Resort. Wende Gray, vice president of the Ski Museum of Maine, said Skee Spree is scheduled to begin […]