"From the moment visitors step through the center's massive glass entranceway, they will be plunged headlong into the region's cultural and natural history..."

-Down East Magazine

"This (museum) represents the culture of this region regardless of borders, languages and skin colour...This building is made of steel, brick and glass, but more than that, it is a monument to devotion, dedication, to cooperation, to compassion and emotion..."

-New Brunswick Lt-Gov. Hermenegilde Chiasson

"Although the beauty of (this) rural area is easily witnessed, until now, the stories of the people who settled the land have gone mostly untold..."

-Group Tour Magazine

"The Gentleness, civility, and spirituality of the native society are evident in the wonderful crafts, traditions and ceremonies the Downeast Heritage Center celebrates and showcases.... The many people who visit this center will admire your heritage and understand your roots" 

-U.S. Senator Susan Collins

"(The museum) still is (a train station) because it is a station between the past and the present, connecting the native American, the French settlers and the present members of the St. Croix Valley."

-Past Maine Governor Angus King

"Finally!!!!! we have a place in which we can honor and celebrate our Downeast uniqueness. The DHM experience far outweighs just driving past "that-little-island-in-the-river-that-has-something-to-do-with-French-people-coming" or slowing down through a Native American reservation and wondering what they are all about. You will be amazed with every visit to the DHM."

-Vicki Farrell, Calais Branch Manager, Maine Tourism Association

"...St. Croix Island looms large in Canadian and French history...At the Downeast Heritage (Museum) the story is told in French and English..."

-Boston Globe

"'People of the Dawn'...tells another long-overdue story about the Passamaquoddy people who have managed, against the odds, to maintain their language, music and crafts."

-Boston Globe

"A tidal pool here (at the museum), filled with starfish, crabs, and sea cucumbers, suggests the wealth of the sea life in nearby Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bays."

-Boston Globe

"Don't Miss: The Downeast Heritage Center - ...permanent, interactive, bilingual exhibits highlight more than 12,000 years of history in Downeast Maine, from Native American petroglyphs to shipbuilding."

-Maine Invites You