Museum News and updates

Source: Memorial Day Parade | Portland’s Downtown District

Maine veterans are honored at a medal ceremony in South Portland.

Source: Valor remembered, sacrifice honored – Keep Me Current: Current

The South Portland Maine Military Museum hosted a contingent of some 35 Windham Vets and their wives and friends at the Military Museum form 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19.

Source: The Windham Eagle News: Windham Veteran’s recognition day at the South Portland Military Museum – By David Tanguay

A ceremony at the Maine Military Museum and Learning Center in South Portland honors 15.

Source: Maine awards medals to fallen and wounded soldiers – The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Thank you to everyone who wrote and told us that our F-14 and F-18 captions were reversed. They have now been corrected.

The museum has a new mailing address. While the museum hasn’t moved from Peary Terrace in South Portland, Maine, the address to use for correspondence has changed. You may find the new mailing address on our Location page.

In remembrance of the invasion of Normandy which began on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, a/k/a D-Day, we have collected together some of our Normandy related exhibit items.

You may find out more about the Allied Invasion of Normandy at Wikipedia.

It is now possible to order a memorial plate online using our online order form. You may pay using PayPal or pay directly with a credit card by choosing the option on the PayPal screen “Don’t have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account (where available).”

We have added photographs of some of our museum exhibits to the web site. More photographs will be posted in the future, but the photographs cannot compare to the experience of visiting the museum in person.

A documentary film on the Maine Military Museum is being produced by Jeffrey Charles Day. View the trailer here.