The mission of the Kennebunkport Historical Society is to preserve local history so that succeeding generations may benefit from knowledge of the past. Research Research for genealogical, historical or other information, may be conducted either in person or by email. Members are free. Visit The Town House School at 135 North Street, Kennebunkport. Archival research access is by appointment only.
Parking is free and is available on site.
Handicapped ramp access is also available. The collections of the Society pertain strictly to the history of Kennebunkport. There are over 5,000 photographs that document the history of the town, as well as genealogy information on many Kennebunkport families and histories of the early homes. The Society has a fine book collection including those by local authors Margaret Deland, Kenneth Roberts, and Booth Tarkington, Joyce Butler, and those written about Kennebunkport. Store journals, ship logs, shipbuilders' records and diaries are among the many original documents within the Society's collection.