Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the museum is currently closed to visitors.
We look forward to offering programs and events when social distancing requirements are no longer necessary. Stay safe and be well.
Grove Cottage hosts events on our beautiful grounds.
Our gardens are a popular location for group photos for proms and weddings.
The Cumberland County Museum collects, preserves, interprets and promotes the material and documentary past of Cumberland County for the education and enjoyment of the present and future generations. Below are just some of the things you will enjoy when you visit us.
This recently donated 1872 Amherst Gazette provides a peek at life 148 years ago. The Intercolonial Railroad had just arrived in Amherst..
Artefacts donated by the great-great grandchildren of Robert Barry Dickey
Large portrait of Mary Blair Stewart is on loan from Mary Brunell the great-great granddaughter of Mary and Robert Barry Dickey
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Rosamond Pipes
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Janet Atkinson
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Rosamond Pipes
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Rosamond Pipes
The museum’s photographic collection numbers from over 4,500 pictures of all types, ranging from the mid-1800s to the present day.
Research Inquiries can be received through mail, email or from our contact form.
