Activities: Indoor

Museums:
  • Abbe Museum
Affiliated with the Smithsonian, provides fascinating insights into the history and culture of Maine’s Native People, the Wabanaki Nations. It offers stimulating exhibitions and activities, craft workshops, field trips and more. The main museum is in the center of Bar Harbor, and it also has a trailside museum at Sieur de Monts Spring, alongside the gardens described above.
  • Seal Cove Auto Museum
Home to a world class collection of early cars and motorcycles from the early “Brass Era”– 1895-1917.

People who love cars (this would certainly exclude those waiting for driverless cars!), and kids of any ages, will place this at or near the top of their indoor activities.
Yoga:
  • Indoor Classes
You can choose among a number of studios and teachers, practicing a variety of yoga styles -- Hatha, Prana Flow, Vinyasa Flow, Chakra, Tantra as well as instructors’ personal eclectic styles combining various schools. Classes are available catering to beginning through advanced students. Most studios are within a five minute drive from Zephyr Shore.
Science Tours:
  • Jackson Lab
On Wednesdays, you can take a fascinating tour of this world-renowned institution that specializes in the study of genetics and the breeding of mice with unique genomes that are used by biological researchers world-wide.
Their research teams focus on the genome and its relationship to Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Aging, Addiction, Fertility, Diabetes and various rare diseases as well. They are, most importantly, the world’s foremost breeders of mice with distinctive genomes, which are used by scientists around the world to study diseases related to the genetic abnormalities in a particular strain of mouse.
 
The tour lasts for an hour and includes a presentation from a Lab scientist about his or her career path in science and current work. This very special one hour might possibly be instrumental in setting your child on his or her own career path in medical science!
  • Oceanarium:
A Teaching Oceanarium with “The Marsh Walk”, Lobster Hatchery, Salt Ponds, and Lobster Museum. In the words of W.H.A., a noted author of the Audubon Field Guide and National Geographic Magazine: “I found Mount Desert Oceanarium the best teaching aquarium I’ve ever seen, including the great public aquariums up and down the East and West coasts as well as the Pacific Rim.”
Library:
  • The Jesup Memorial Library
Located in a beautiful landmark building in the center of town, The Jessup offers books and many other learning activities for young people.

There are book signings, concerts, slideshows and informative programs of all sorts – free to everyone and open to all – throughout the year. 

Local history resources includes free access to digitized local newspapers dating from 1881 to 1969.
A Rainy Day:
  • Zephyr Shore Program
When you rent from us, we’ll set you up with our secret rainy-day program, so that each day, rain or shine, will be cause for happy remembrances when you’re back home.