The mission of The Taunton Bay Education Center is to educate citizens about the bay: its ecology, wildlife, marine inhabitants, human history,
and economic connections with the community. The Education Center displays maps and scientific research obtained from the Taunton Bay Study,
completed in 2006; displays from the Historical Societies of the surrounding towns; and bay-related displays including horseshoe crab shells,
lobster and clam harvesting equipment, and local seaweed products. The Center is affiliated with the Friends of Taunton Bay.
The Center opened in July, 2007, supported in part by a grant from the Community Building Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and
operated by a steering committee of members from Friends of Taunton Bay, Frenchman Bay Conservancy, and the Center for Cooperative
Aquaculture, as well as local educators and volunteers.
The Center is located at Tamarack Place, 13 Captain Bill Road, across from the post office on US Route 1 in the Town of Hancock. It is open
Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM during July and August, with no admission charge. Volunteers staff the Center and there
are souvenir items for sale. Lectures are frequently scheduled at the Center.
Welcome to Taunton Bay Education Center
Video, part 1
Video, part 2
Dislay Area
Display Board
Display Board 2
Display Board 3
Taunton Bay at a Glance
Aerial Photo Mosaic
Clam Flat Closures
Drifter Studies
Estuary Stress Gradient/strong>
Horseshoe Crabs 1991-2005
Lobster and Crab buoys 2005
Primary Producers & Habitats
Selected Fisheries
