Old Fort Western

Protecting, preserving and interpreting the 1754 National Historic Landmark fort, store and house
on the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine

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New!!! Two Pre-Scheduled Program Brochures are now available using the buttons above.
Click on "Pre-Scheduled Program Brochure" for current programs.
Choose "New '08 Program Brochure" to see changes related to Maine's new Social Studies standards.
Call us at 626-2385 for more information or to make scheduling arrangements.

Information sought on people who lived at Fort Western between 1840 and 1920.
Please see the details and the names of known tenants on the Bulletin Board page.

Old Fort Western announces its new Nineteenth-Century Initiative.
See the details on the Bulletin Board page.
Make a donation in support of this important heritage project.

Summer Apprentice Program
Gift Certificates
are now available.
Contact the office (see 'Contact Us' page) for the details.

Register now for the Fort's
2008 Summer Apprentice Program.
Information and a registration form are available on the Bulletin Board page.

Gardiner Savings Bank of Maine to fund Catalog of
19th-Century Attic Finds.
See the Bulletin Board page for the details.

New!
Old Fort Western to host the teacher workshop
"Teaching about Civics and Government "
on Friday, May 9.
See the Bulletin Board page for more information.
Register by e-mail. Click on "Contact Us" above.

New!
Old Fort Western receives grant from the Maine State Archives' Odiorne Fund
to analyze, catalog, and interpret the fort's 19th-century archaeological collection.
See the details on the Bulletin Board page.

New!
Motor Coach Trip to Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
scheduled for Saturday, May 17th.
See the details on the Bulletin Board page.