OHM Ogunquit Heritage Museum

09/05/2026

Well another Labor Day weekend is upon us. Obviously a not so good season for us. But Jonathan's had a great summer! And many celebrations and well wishes on 50 years of business!

Don't forget to stop by and see the exhibit on the restaurant's 50 years. It will be up unil the new year.

Also remember to share any photos you have of celebrations at Jonathan's. Send them to [email protected] as an attachment.

And we'll give a shameless plug for our Historic Walking Tours: Perkins Cove every Wed. and Thurs. until October 29, 2026.

photo: Every Labor Day for the first 10 years Jonathan's was open he had a pig roast. They were a blast and delicious! There is a story behind this photograph, but you'll have to go see the exhibit to learn about it. It has something to do with antics his father got up to a couple decades before! The photo is of Jonathan in 1976 for his first pig roast. 🐽

08/13/2026

08/07/2026

Always a ton of fun! Don't miss it!

It's tomorrow! 8:30 am - 2 pm
974 Post Road in Wells
Food!
Kids Activities!
See you there!

08/07/2026

People have been telling us about the events they have attended at Jonathan's- weddings, anniversaries, birthday's (big and small,) holiday parties etc. We've even held our annual fundraiser there in the past.

Many wanted to share and/or show us their photos. So we thought why not put a 3 ring binder together of your photographs! It will always be a part of Jonathan's history.

So if you would like to be included, take a photo of your photo with your phone and email it to [email protected] . We'll get a copy made and add to the binder.

We will keep the binder in the foyer at Jonathan's with the exhibit. Be sure to identify everyone in the photo, correct spelling very much appreciated, what the celebration was and the year. Feel free to send photos of you with your favorite performer there too!

We will periodically post some of the photos we receive. Cheers!

07/18/2026

In celebration of Jonathan's Restaurant turning 50 this year, we had created an exhibit. When we were closed down indefinitely it was disappointing that our exhibit of Jonathan's wouldn't be seen during the year of it's celebration.

We are thrilled to announce we have mounted the exhibit in the 2nd floor foyer at Jonathan's! Please stop by and see it! It will be up through the rest of the year.

Starting with his Mom having been one of George and Naomi (Ramsdell) York's children to be born in the Captain James Winn house when it was located up on Post Rd. where the Gorges Grant Hotel is now located. Of course the house would become the Ogunquit Heritage Museum some 80 years later!

Plenty of early photos when Jonathan first started the restaurant in 1976. Photos of long time employees, performers, The Finson Rd. Farm, and the legacy of his children and grandchildren.

You are encouraged to just stop by and have a look. You don't have to be going for a show, dinner, breakfast on Sat. or Sun., or for the famous Buck Shuck everyday from 3-6 in the lounge. Just stop by and see how it all came to be. Cheers!

photo: Jonathan and his oldest daughter Caitlan, Halloween 1986.

07/13/2026

A VERY timely topic! Hope to see you there.

07/12/2026

We would like to take a minute to thank everyone who joined us on Thursday for "Women of '76." It was a really fun, insightful, thoughtful program! All enjoyed very much.

If you would have liked to have attended fear not! Eliot Historical Society is having Waterfall Productions & Rita Parisi perform "Women of '76" on Saturday July 18 at the Fogg Library at 1PM. We really encourage you to go. You won't be disappointed!

07/09/2026

Hope to see you this evening at 5-6, Dorothea Jacobs Grant Common 86 Obeds Ln. Parking free in the Obeds lot on Cottage Street!

07/02/2026

WOMEN OF ’76 at Ogunquit Heritage Museum

Step into the untold side of the American Revolution.
On Thursday July 9 at 5PM, OHM in conjunction with the Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit, will welcome Rita Parisi of Waterfall Productions for a powerful solo theatrical performance of *Women of ’76* — a journey into the lives of the real women who witnessed, chronicled, and in some cases *changed* the course of the Revolution.
Audiences will meet voices rarely heard in history books:
- Baroness Frederika von Riedesel, the German noblewoman whose vivid journals capture the chaos of war.
- Prudence Wright, the Massachusetts patriot who led a militia of women to capture Tory spies.
- Nancy Hart, the fearless Georgia frontierswoman who faced down a band of British soldiers.
- Mary Katharine Goddard, the courageous printer and publisher who issued the first printed Declaration of Independence to include the names of the people who signed it.
- Mary Gould Almy, a loyalist diarist whose moving firsthand accounts documented the siege of Newport.
Their stories — patriot and loyalist, American and foreign — reveal a deeper, more complex portrait of the American Revolution.
Rita Parisi, an accomplished actress and playwright, has been touring original solo works for over 20 years. Since founding Waterfall Productions in 2005, she has brought history to life for audiences throughout New England and beyond. A proud member of SAG-AFTRA, her work has been seen on film and stage, including features at the Boston International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.
Don’t miss this riveting and richly costumed performance that gives voice to the women of the Revolution.
The event will be held in the Dorothea Jacobs Grant Common in front of the Ogunquit Heritage Museum. So, bring a blanket, lawn chairs, and a picnic to enjoy the show. Parking in the adjoining Obeds parking lot is free for patrons of the show.
The performance is funded by Friends of Ogunquit Heritage Museum, FOHM. For more information, please contact OHM at 207-646-0296.