October is AMERICAN ARCHIVES MONTH and in celebration of that, the Maine State Archives will be offering extended hours and public tours throughout October. 

• Extended hours for researchers: Every Tuesday in October the Research Room will be open from 9am-7pm and every Saturday from 9am-1pm. (Excluding holidays, the regular business hours for the Research Room are M-F, 9am-4pm.)

• Public tours of the Maine State Archives will be offered, free of charge, on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 5:30pm and Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10am. Archivists will discuss the bureau's work and show areas normally closed to the public. Reserve your spot by emailing your full name and phone number to kristen.muszynski@maine.gov or call 626-8404. Tours will be limited to 20 people; no large groups, please.

The Maine State Archives is a bureau of the Department of the Secretary of State. Visit http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc or our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/MaineStateArchives, for more information and updates about our plans for Archives Month this October.  

Contact info: Maine State Archives, Cultural Building, 230 State St., Augusta, ME 04333, 207-287-5795, maine.archives@maine.gov