The Lincoln County Historical Association will hold four Sunday lectures in February and early March. They will be held in Wiscasset in the Communications Building behind the County Court House on Route One, beginning at 1 p.m.

February 5, Woven at Home – Textiles in the District of Maine and the rest of New England pre-1840. Marjie Thompson, weaver, teacher, textile researcher, author, and vice president of the New Hampshire Weavers’ Guild, will give a history lesson about the use and production of textiles in northern New England before factories made the household spinners and one or two weavers per town obsolete.

February 12, In the Blood - Logging in Maine. Sumner McKane, a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and filmmaker based in Midcoast Maine, will present Logging in Maine. Sumner uses film, photography, sound design, oral histories and live music to present live “docu-exhibits.”

February 26, Virginia, Maine’s First Ship & The Popham Colony. Orman Hines, president of Maine’s First Ship and treasurer of Maine Archaelogical Society, will discuss Virginia & The Popham Colony. Orman worked on the Popham Dig and other sites as an avocational archaeologist.

The final lecture of the series is on March 5, New England Country Arts; A Collector’s Journey. Deane Van Dusen has been collecting New England folk art since the 1970s. He was employed at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts giving guided tours and assisting in the first cataloging of the Museum’s Picture Gallery. He specializes in researching and collecting New England paint decorated furniture circa 1800-1850.

Admission to the lectures is free of charge. Donations are appreciated. Coffee and pastries will be served.

The Lincoln County Historical Association is a volunteer non-profit organization that provides stewardship for the 1754 Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta, the 1761 Pownalborough Court House in Dresden, and the 1811 Old Jail and Museum in Wiscasset. For more information please visit www.lincolncountyhistory.org. Facebook at Lincoln County Historical Association (Maine)