Abbe Museum at Sieur de Monts (Original 1928 Building)

Robert Abbe never saw the museum open. He died in March 1928, five months before the August dedication — a ceremony that doubled as his memorial. Abbe had spent his summers on Mount Desert Island collecting Wabanaki artifacts from nearby shell heaps, and he worked to establish the museum even through a long illness. Friends including George Dorr, a founding father of Acadia National Park, helped make it real. The building still stands at Sieur de Monts Spring, one of only two remaining private trailside museums inside a national park.