Visit Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park!
Schoodic Institute is part of a community vision for a revitalized Schoodic Peninsula that includes a focus on the arts, science, and education. When the U.S. Navy closed their Winter Harbor base on Schoodic Point in 2002, they turned the property back to the National Park Service, along with lodging, dining, and recreational facilities that now make up the largest of 18 National Park Service Research Learning Centers.
Visitors can view the Acadia National Park Welcome Center exhibits and gift shop in historic Rockefeller Hall, experience the surf at Schoodic Point, and explore miles of hiking trails and bicycle paths. Schoodic Institute and the National Park Service also offer public programs during the summer months. Please note that an entrance pass is required when visiting Acadia National Park between May and October.
Our year-round campus includes classrooms, laboratories, and a modern 124-seat auditorium surrounded by wild, rugged shorelines and thousands of acres of evergreen forest. Campus infrastructure enables us to convene and host public events, and provides an inspirational setting for education and art programs, workshops, special events, conferences, and more. Schoodic Institute offers the most comprehensive meeting facilities in eastern Maine, attracting individuals and groups from all over the globe.
2025 Sea & Sky at Acadia National Park with Carol Douglas
Transform your plein air painting skills in this week-long oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor workshop on the beautiful coast of […]
BioBlitz for a Resilient Forest Future (at Cousins River)
iNaturalist Early-Detection Training with MCHT and Schoodic Institute Curious about how introduced insects are affecting Maine’s trees? Want to go […]
Be a Climate Muskox: Fighting Defeatism with Ice Age Resilience feat. Jacquelyn Gill
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United StatesJoin us for our 2025 Summer Lecture Series! Join us in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on […]
2025 Maine Outdoor Film Festival at Schoodic Institute
The Maine Outdoor Film Festival returns to Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park on August 21, 2025 for an evening […]
Welcome to the Milky Way
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United StatesLess than half of the world’s people can see the Milky Way—our home galaxy—because of urban light pollution. But here […]
Stars Over Schoodic
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United StatesAs darkness falls over the Schoodic Peninsula, the Milky Way arches across the sky from horizon to horizon. Late summer’s […]
Bird Carving with Wendell Gilley Museum
See how it’s done! Join us at Schoodic Institute with special guest carver Jim Vekasi from the Wendell Gilley Museum […]
Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United StatesThere are more things in our solar system than the eight planets and their moons. Millions of small bodies of […]
Welcome to the Milky Way II
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United StatesJoin us for this second offering of Welcome to the Milky Way! Less than half of the world’s people can […]
Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters II
Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United StatesJoin us for this second offering of 'Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters'! There are more things in […]