Hours & Facilities

Year-Round Hours

Tuesdays 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Thursdays 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Saturdays 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Our circulating library serves the local community and nearby areas. For more information please contact us.

Museum Collection Highlights

  • Portraits of early Paris families (Hamlin, Crocker, Cummings)
  • Lincoln-Hamlin campaign artifacts
  • Primitive oil painting “The Clearing of Paris”
  • Birch-bark map of the Rangeley Lakes District drawn by Metallak
  • Collection of local minerals and gems
  • Grandfather clock built on Paris Hill (1840–1855) by Jonathan Bemis
  • 1848 Friendship quilt made by the ladies (and one gentleman) of Paris Hill
  • Keys of the old jailor

Archival Collection

  • Diaries and diary transcriptions
  • Early letters
  • Historical documents relating to early Paris residents