When it comes to the arts and performing arts, Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island offer something for all tastes. Since its early days when two Hudson River Valley artists, Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, set out one summer in the early 1800's in search of a scenic fishing village called Eden on the coast of Maine, Bar Harbor has been world-renown as an artist community. And so began America's love affair with one of the most beautiful places in the world - Bar Harbor, Maine and Acadia National Park. The town that surround the park have art galleries, art shows and celebrated music festivals offering everything from string orchestras, through chamber music, to jazz. Bars and clubs host a range of bands and solo artists that complete the musical mix. Movies have never seemed more enjoyable than when seen in our art-deco theater. In Somesville, Acadia Repertory Theatre has been presenting summer theater for the past quarter century. The arts really shine in Bar Harbor, Maine and Mount Desert Island.
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26 Mount Desert Street, , P.O. Box 286 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
The most fascinating journey in Bar Harbor begins at the Abbe Museum! Discover the story of the first people of Maine through exhibitions and programs that span 10,000 years of history, art and archaeology. Learn about the Native people of Maine today and enjoy their songs and stories, arts and crafts. Visit the Museum Shop for high quality gifts crafted by Maine Native people. Downtown museum: open year round with reduced winter hours. Historic Abbe at Sieur de Monts Spring: open May-October. Admission charged.
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