Open House of History

06/05/2026

Our weekly update in the Lincoln County News, here announcing our entire summer series, Emotional Currents!

06/04/2026

Starting June 19th, at the Waldoboro Custom House, enter the Feelscape of Time…

Emotional Currents begins…

05/30/2026

Caring for the dead. Conjuring the spirits of the past. Entering into conversation with those who came before us.

These are all part of the work of Open House of History.

But first—let's learn how to maintain cemetery gravestones!

Have you ever wondered how to properly clean and preserve a gravestone? Join us on Sunday, June 7, from 1:00–2:00 pm at Open House of History (the Waldoboro Custom House) for a free public workshop with Judson Star of Maintain the Memory.

Judson will demonstrate the right—and wrong—ways to clean and maintain historic headstones, helping participants understand how to protect these important markers of memory and community history.

This program is presented in partnership with the Waldoborough Historical Society and is free and open to the public.

📍 Open House of History (Waldoboro Custom House)
📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026
🕐 1:00–2:00 pm
🎟 Free

05/26/2026

Enter the feelscape of time.

This summer, OHOH presents "Emotional Currents: Between Survival and Freedom" — an immersive series of sound, art, performance, history, discussion, and environmental encounters exploring the emotional forces shaping community life across time.

📍 Waldoboro Custom House
📅 June 19 – August 16
🎟 Free + open to all

Featuring:
• Entering the Feelscape of Time
• 19 Towns / 20 Stories
• Emotional History lectures
• Music on the River: Moravian Echoes
• Voices of the Medomak Paddle
…and more.

Through feeling, listening, and shared experience, the series asks how emotions shape our understanding of place, labor, freedom, community, and one another.

05/14/2026

📖 Storytelling at Open House of History
Part of Waldoboro’s first Artwalk of the season!
🗓 Friday, May 22 | 5:30 pm
📍 Open House of History, 908 Main Street, Waldoboro
In partnership with The Waldo Theatre, Open House of History is hosting a free evening of live storytelling featuring experienced storytellers who have previously performed on the Waldo stage.
Each storyteller will share a story of no more than ten minutes, with the full evening lasting about an hour.
This event is part of a free three-part Storytelling Workshop Series, during which Waldo instructors guide participants through developing and rehearsing their own stories for performance.
Come spend the evening hearing powerful stories in an intimate setting as Waldoboro’s first Artwalk brings people together throughout the village.

05/14/2026

📣 Open House of History (OHOH) in Waldoboro is hiring!

Communications & Media Coordinator for the Summer

We are seeking a locally based Communications & Media Coordinator for Emotional Currents: Between Survival and Freedom, an immersive summer series running June 19–August 16 that combines art, performance, discussion, and environmental encounters exploring community life in Midcoast Maine across time.

This stipend-based position ($3,200) begins immediately and averages approximately 8–12 hours per week, with heavier hours during the initial setup period preparing and updating promotional and website materials.

Responsibilities include:
• Squarespace website updates and email marketing
• Creating promotional graphics and social media content
• Photography and video documentation of events throughout the summer

Applicants should have:
• Solid working knowledge of design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Pixelmator, or Linearity Curve
• Experience with Squarespace
• Social media promotion skills
• Availability to attend events in person throughout the summer

To apply, send a brief introduction and relevant experience to [email protected]

Please share with anyone who may be interested.

Send a message to learn more

05/13/2026

📖 Storytelling at Open House of History
Part of Waldoboro’s first Artwalk of the season!

🗓 Friday, May 22 | 5:30 pm
📍 Open House of History, 908 Main Street, Waldoboro

In partnership with The Waldo Theatre, Open House of History is hosting a free evening of live storytelling featuring experienced storytellers who have previously performed on the Waldo stage.

Each storyteller will share a story of no more than ten minutes, with the full evening lasting about an hour.

This event is part of a free three-part Storytelling Workshop Series, during which Waldo instructors guide participants through developing and rehearsing their own stories for performance.

Come spend the evening hearing powerful stories in an intimate setting as Waldoboro’s first Artwalk brings people together throughout the village.

05/06/2026

Save the Date! We're singing again!

🎶 Shape Note Singing, once again, at the Open House of History
🗓 Sunday, May 17 | 1–4 pm
📍 908 Main Street, Waldoboro (please use side door entrance)

So many people turned up for our first shape note singing event. Our singing leaders felt graciously welcomed. We would like to begin a regular relationship with them, singing in Waldoboro.

Led by the Maine Sacred Harp Singing Group, this free event welcomes everyone. Songbooks are provided. No experience is needed—the singers will teach you.

This is early American sacred music in powerful four-part a ca****la harmony. It is enthusiastic. It is raucous. And it is haunting.

Not sure about singing? Come listen. Sit, take it in, and let yourself be transported.

The 1855 Custom House—with its steel beams and shutters—creates a warm, immersive, almost surround-sound environment, perfect for hearing voices blend in a deeply integrated way.

🗓 Sunday, May 17 | 1–4 pm

04/27/2026

Community Forum — Waldoboro’s Proposed Community Center
Wednesday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m.
Open House of History, 908 Main Street

Big things are happening in Waldoboro.

Join us at the Open House of History for a community forum on the proposed Waldoboro Community Center project. This is an opportunity to learn about the project’s history, hear current plans, and provide critical public input for the Recreation Committee as planning moves forward.

All ages are welcome. Your ideas, questions, and priorities will help shape the future of this important civic project.

A second identical forum will be held on April 30 at 1:00 p.m. at the Waldoboro Town Office for those unable to attend this session.

Please share with others who care about Waldoboro’s future.

04/09/2026

🎶 Shape Note Singing at the Open House of History
🗓 Sunday, April 19 | 1–4 pm
📍 908 Main Street, Waldoboro (side door entrance)

Come join shape note singing on the ground floor of the Open House of History.

Experience early American sacred music in powerful four-part a ca****la harmony—enthusiastic, raucous, and haunting.

Listen to what it sounds like below.

Led by the Maine Sacred Harp Singing Group, this free event welcomes everyone. Songbooks are provided, no experience needed—the singers will teach you.

Not sure about singing? Come listen. Sit, take it in, and let yourself be transported.

The 1855 Custom House—with its steel beams and shutters—creates a warm, immersive, almost surround-sound environment, perfect for hearing voices blend in a deeply integrated way.

All are welcome.

282 I'm Going Home, led by Al McCready at the second Ireland Sacred Harp convention, March 3rd & 4th, 2012Video by Seamus Hegarty. Audio by Danny Forde.Full ...