Maine Maritime Museum

The museum, south of the ironworks on the western bank of the Kennebec River, preserves the Kennebec’s long shipbuilding tradition. In summer, the 19th-century Percy & Small Shipyard here still has boatwrights hard at work building wooden craft. The Maritime History Building contains paintings, models and hands-on exhibits that tell the tale of the last 400 years of seafaring. In the apprentice shop of the Percy & Small Shipyard, boat builders restore and construct wooden boats using traditional tools and methods. In summer, the museum offers a variety of boat trip and tours along Kennebec Waterway, to the lighthouse or trolley tours through the Bath Iron Works.