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.

Welcome to the Milky Way

Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United States

Less 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 States

As darkness falls over the Schoodic Peninsula, the Milky Way arches across the sky from horizon to horizon. Late summer’s […]

Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters

Moore Auditorium, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Acadia Drive, Winter Harbor, ME, United States

There 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 States

Join 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 States

Join us for this second offering of 'Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters'! There are more things in […]