Recent Press Releases

September 23, 2025

OYHS is One of Six Organizations Awarded Funds through the York River Stewardship Committee [PDF]

August 6, 2025

Executive Director Job Description [PDF]

August 6, 2025

Old York Announces the Retirement of Executive Director and Chief Curator Joel Lefever [PDF]

May 20, 2025

Old York Celebrates 125 Years [PDF]

 June 7, 2024

Old York Acquires Historic McIntire Garrison [PDF]

May 8, 2024

Old York and York Land Trust Propose Transfer of Ownership of Steedman Woods to Town of York [PDF]

June 6, 2023

New Archive and Library Opens [PDF]

April 6, 2023

Restoration Begins on Emerson-Wilcox House [PDF]

January 13, 2023

Webinar at Old York: The Early Furniture of Southern Maine [PDF]

August 25, 2022

Old York Receives Grant from The Fabulous Find [PDF]

July 14, 2022

Old York Acquires Rare 17th-Century Chest of Drawers [PDF]

June 1, 2022

Old York purchases Beech Ridge Church [PDF]

May 24, 2022

Old York Reopens for the 2022 Season [PDF]

May 17, 2022

Memorial Day Events at Old York [PDF]

October 15, 2021

Halloween Events at Old York [PDF]

August 23, 2021

Old York Announces New Tenant for Historic George Marshall Store [PDF]

June 2, 2021

Car Crash Damages Historic Emerson-Wilcox House [PDF]

May 21, 2021

Old York Reopens for the 2021 Season [PDF]

August 15, 2019

Perkins House Museum Reopens [PDF]

June 27, 2019

2019 Children’s Summer Program: Stories in the Old Schoolhouse [PDF]

March 1, 2019

Old York Transfers Local Genealogies to Public Library [PDF]

November 1, 2018

Old York Begins Renovations at the Perkins House Museum [PDF]

July 24, 2018

New Exhibition at Old York Highlights the Grand Tour [PDF]

May 17, 2018

York to Celebrate the Tercentennial of Old Gaol’s Stone Cell in 2020 [PDF]

July 3, 2017

An Exceptional Set of Colonial American Crewelwork Embroideries Returns to Old York [PDF]

Contact

Questions from members of the media may be directed to:

Joel Lefever
Executive Director 
207-363-4974
director@oldyork.org

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