STEM Fest 2024 is a special 2-Day event where the Owls Head Transportation Museum turns into a STEM Hub for the communities and families of Maine! On April 26 & 27, the museum will be the destination for young learners to meet with professionals in fields ranging from engineering to virtual reality technology, aircraft design and medicine.

Saturday, April 27 

STEM FEST Day (FREE to the public)

The museum is open to the public and visitors can enjoy the festival free of cost. This is an opportunity for youth to try their hand at a variety of STEM-based programming, find inspiration and speak with professionals from a variety of fields.

The event runs 10am - 2pm, doors close at 4pm.

Participants include Maine Maritime Academy, University of Maine, Nomad Motors, and the Maine Discovery Museum! Don’t miss a Bath Iron Works virtual reality training trailer or build a stethoscope with the Girls Scout of Maine! 

Thank you to our committed sponsors:

First National Bank, Central Maine Power, Allen Insurance, OpBox and Maine Technology Institute. 

Participating STEM Professionals Include:

• Douglass Dynamics —Snowplow robotics interactive
• Lyman Morse—fabrication demonstration
• Mechanical Arts—auto mechanics demonstration
• Maine Health Institute for Research—create a model of the heart
• University of Maine Orono—Bridges
• Central Maine Power —"Safety City” interactive demonstration
• Bath Iron Works—VR Training Trailer
• BRIO —Heat press logo bag activity
• Maine Discovery Museum —Viscosity experiment
• Op Box —Recycled building materials/ CLYNK deposit prototype  
• Girl Scouts of Maine —DIY Stethoscopes 
• Dizzy Lizzy —Grab and go Sewing Monster, leather tooling keychains
• Maine Maritime Academy —Boat design and testing
• University of Maine—The Mainely Physics Road Show
• Experimental Aircraft Association—Model airplanes
• Nomad Motors—Classic car turned electric
• OHTM Demonstrations—World War I Encampment

Where: Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St, Owls Head, ME 04854

Contact: Megan Galinsky mgalinsky@ohtm.org (207) 594-4418 x152