Maine's Capital Area

Our annual holiday celebration is a popular one-day affair with free admission for all! Santa’s reindeer rest up while he enjoys a different form of air travel in a 1966 Cessna 182, flying in for a special appearance at the Museum. The Mid-Coast Community Band performs a special holiday concert, and free family activities are offered throughout the morning.

The Museum opens at 10:00 am, and children are invited to bring their letters to Santa or write a letter at the Museum. Letter writing, ornament crafting, cookie decorating and coloring stations will be open from 11:00 am until 12:00 noon, when Santa will arrive from the North Pole by air, having temporarily traded his team of reindeer for a museum volunteer’s 1966 Cessna 182.

From 12:15 until 12:50 letters from the children will be collected while Santa reads a favorite Christmas story. At the adjournment of the reading, the children’s letters will be packed in a special “Polar Air Mail” mailbag and picked up in a vintage vehicle from the Museum’s collection. The audience is invited to head outside to watch as the Cessna, piloted by one of Santa’s helpers, departs Owls Head en route to the North Pole with the holiday letters on board. The plane takes off from the Museum’s famous Runway 17, and departure is scheduled at 1:00 pm, weather permitting.

Once the letters are safely on their way, Santa will lead the children back inside and introduce the Mid-Coast Community Band as they hold their annual holiday concert from 1:30 to 3:15. Complimentary refreshments will be offered during intermission.

For more information about the event call the Museum at 594-4418 or visit our website at owlshead.org. The Museum is located at 117 Museum Street, in Owls Head, Maine, just two miles south of Rockland on Rte. 73.
No pets allowed on Museum or show grounds. No camping.

Cost/Cover: See details below.
Web Page: http://owlshead.org/events/detail/holidays-at-the-museum