Visit Schoodic
***Note March 16, 2020: For the health and safety of visitors and staff, the Rockefeller Welcome Center is closed until further notice. Read the latest campus operations update here.
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. The National Park Service also offers public programs during the summer months. Please note that an entrance pass is required when visiting Acadia National Park between May and October.
Our completely renovated 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, and conferences. Schoodic Institute offers the most comprehensive meeting facilities in eastern Maine, attracting individuals and groups from all over the globe.
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May 2021
Whittle a Warbler with Gilley Museum’s Master Carver Steve Valleau
As warblers migrate through Maine this May, join us outside at Schoodic Institute to carve your own yellow-rumped warbler in…
Find out more »Bird Sound Recording Workshop with Greg Budney
This 4-day intensive workshop will use a blend of virtual instruction, field recording practice at a location of your choosing,…
Find out more »Be Woods Wise with Michael Jensen
Part of Schoodic Institute's monthly Brown Bag Lunch series, "Be Woods Wise" is a presentation by Michael Jensen, District Forester…
Find out more »Puffin & Warbler Overnight
This event date has reached capacity. Please consider other dates for this event. Join Seth Benz, Schoodic Institute’s Bird Ecology…
Find out more »Puffin & Warbler Overnight II
Join Seth Benz, Schoodic Institute’s Bird Ecology Program Director, for an in-depth look at the ecology of an active seabird…
Find out more »Puffin & Warbler Overnight III
Join Seth Benz, Schoodic Institute’s Bird Ecology Program Director, for an in-depth look at the ecology of an active seabird…
Find out more »Watercolors, Birds and Shorelines with the Gilley Museum and Erika Rosso
Join the Wendell Gilley Museum and artist Erika Rosso for a watercolor class to explore the process of Plein Air…
Find out more »Puffin Day Trip & Picnic
We are offering three special Schoodic Institute chartered tours to Petit Manan Island to get close up views of Atlantic…
Find out more »June 2021
Maine Wonders with Zoe Weil
Join us June 8 at 7 PM for a free Tuesday evening lecture with Zoe Weil, president of the Institute…
Find out more »Wilderness First Aid (WFA) by SOLO
Accidents happen. People get hurt, sick, or lost. The temperature drops, the wind picks up, and it starts to rain. …
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