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Welcome to the LC Bates Museum!

The L. C. Bates Museum at Good Will-Hinckley is an early 20th century natural history and cultural museum. It is housed in an historic 1903 Romanesque Revival brick school building. Museum exhibits include Maine natural history, Americana, art, archaeology, minerals, ethnology, and Maine history. Featured museum exhibit tells the history of Good Will-Hinckley and the children who called it home.
 
There are nature trails, picnic tables, and an arboretum behind the museum.
 
Summer Art Exhibits are held in the museum. Saturdays features Family and Children’s natural history and history workshops and hikes. The Museum offers Outreach and In-House Natural History and Maine History programs for schools and groups and programs for birthday parties and scouts.
 
Admission
Adults $2.50, Children up to 17 years $1.00
Contact the museum for a listing of group natural history and Maine History programs for schools, scouts and other organizations.
 
Open hours
 
Spring, Summer and Autumn Hours (April – mid-November):
Weds, Thurs, Fri and Sat 10 AM to 4:30 PM and Sunday 1 to 4:30 PM and other times by appointment.
Winter Hours (mid-Nov - March) – Wednesday through Saturday 9 to 4:30 and other timesby appointment or chance, please call 238-4250 to be sure we are here to greet you in winter. Closed if the roads are snowy.
The L.C.Bates Museum is located 5 miles north of I 95 exit 133 on Rt. 201halfway between Skowhegan and Fairfield.
 
Self-Guided Outdoor Activities
 
Good Will-Hinckley Nature Trails Start Behind the Museum
Self-Guided Trail Maps, Children’s Outdoor Discovery Packs, and Museum Animal Discovery Boxes, are available at the museum
Picnic Tables in Arboretum- Carry/In Carry/out
 
Museum Gift Shop
 
Open museum hours. The gift shop features many educational items for curious adults and children, including puppets, books, jewelry, posters, and natural such as minerals, shells and fossils.
 
Membership and Volunteering
 
We welcome new museum memberships and volunteers to have fun, share their knowledge and learn while making the L.C.Bates Museum available to central Maine Community. If you have a special interest or talent, please inquire about volunteering.
 
Contact Information
 
L. C. Bates Museum
At Good Will-Hinckley
Rt 201, PO Box 159, Hinckley, ME 04944
207-238-4250- E-mail- lcbates@gwh.org 

                                                       

  

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