Experience Maritime Maine, a partnership of maritime-related organizations, businesses, and coastal communities working together to promote and preserve Maine’s unique maritime culture through heritage tourism efforts, is having its third bi-annual Stakeholder Meeting Thursday, April 7, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Sail, Power & Steam Museum, 75 Mechanic Street, Rockland, Maine. Guest speakers are Kerry Altiero, Chef/Owner of Cafe Miranda, and Olga Oros and Chip Holmes of Damariscotta River Cruises. For more information or to RSVP email [email protected]. The meeting is open to anyone with a stake or an interest in Maine maritime cultural heritage tourism
Experience Maritime Maine promotes Maine’s maritime experiences on the website at www.experiencemaritimemaine.org and through social media. They are designing a rack card for spring 2016, are promoting Maine’s maritime experiences nationally at Maine Office of Tourism’s Maine Media Marketplace in NYC this spring, are producing audio podcasts of maritime stories in six coastal Maine communities, and are planning maritime trip itineraries.
Experience Maritime Maine is a loose partnership in which all stakeholders are encouraged to participate. The Coordinating Committee currently includes Abbe Museum, Downeast Acadia Regional Tourism, Downeast Fisheries Trail, Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau, Island Institute, Maine Archives and Museums, Maine Maritime Museum, Maine Sea Grant, Maine Office of Tourism, Maine Tourism Association, Maine Windjammer Association, Penobscot Marine Museum, Tides Institute , Washington County Council of Governments, and WoodenBoat School, and meets monthly.
Experience Maritime Maine’s major funders are Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Maine Office of Tourism, and Maine Community Foundation. Partner funders are Downeast Acadia Region, Maine Maritime Museum, Mid-Coast Chamber Council, Maine Windjammer Association, Penobscot Marine Museum, Tides Institute, and WoodenBoat School.