Ski Museum of Maine
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| Abbreviation | MSSM |
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| Formation | 1995 |
| Type | Nonprofit Educational Organization |
| Purpose | celebrate, preserve, and share the history and heritage of Maine skiing and snowboarding |
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| Website | maineskiandsnowboardmuseum |
Formerly called | Ski Museum of Maine |
The Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, United States, is devoted to preserving and presenting the history and heritage of skiing and snowboarding in Maine.[1]
The museum began informally in 1995 with the efforts of several members of the Sugarloaf Ski Club, and was incorporated in 1999. Several thousand Sugarloaf Ski Club documents formed the original nucleus of the archives, augmented with additional donations from Walter Melvin documenting the Bangor area from the 1930s through the 1960s, items borrowed from the personal collection of Glenn Parkinson (member of the museum's board of directors[2]), acquisition of a set of miniature skis crafted circa 1905 in Portland, Maine by Theo A. Johnsen and used by him as a marketing tool for his Tajco brand, and further donations.
Originally located in Farmington,[3] the museum in 2009 relocated to downtown Kingfield, then in 2022 to its current location on the Sugarloaf Access Road, Carrabassett Valley (old Condo Check-in building).[4]
