Maine Granite Industry Museum

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62 Beech Hill Cross Rd
Mount Desert, ME 04660
+1 (207) 244-7299
http://www.mainegraniteindustry.org
A non-profit (your donation is tax deductible) organization dedicated to collecting and preserving any and all historic information and artifacts pertaining to the granite industry of Maine. In the museum you will find hundreds of old tools that were used in the industry, photos of the quarries in operation and the buildings and monuments which were erected from Maine's beautiful granites. Curator and founder Steven Haynes is there to guide you through this once important history of our state.

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5.09 reviews
Jim H.
9/5/2025

Wow! We spent 5 days in Acadia, and this was the highlight of my trip! The enthusiastic but well explained description of tectonic history with examples of the rocks formed 300 to 400 million...

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Laura M.
10/22/2024

This museum is remarkable, all because of Steve Haynes. He has an extensive workshop and also offers tours for whoever shows up at no cost (donations accepted). We got a private 1 hour tour of his...

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Michelle M.
6/10/2025

Incredible! One of our favorite things that we did on our whole Acadia trip and we only decided to go there because we were doing the Junior Park Ranger program and needed to visit a museum, go...

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Elliott H.
5/10/2025

Fantastic museum showing all aspects of the granite industry with historical pictures and tools used by the masons. Very knowledgeable and dedicated curator.

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Anne T.
11/11/2022

Extremely specific homebrew local museum devoted to granite, and the people who quarried it and transported it and carved it and the places it was used. It's totally handmade and absolutely...

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