KENNEBUNK — Celebrate Valentine’s weekend by stepping into the past at the Brick Store Museum. Guests will gather in the museum’s program center on Friday at 7:30 p.m. to enjoy a performance by the Mosaic Quartet.

The group – Karen Stathoplos, David O’Brien, Carlton Mabee and Vicki Adams – will present the love letters of Kennebunk ship captain Charles Barry along with love songs, sea shanties, folk tunes and original compositions. Some songs will be accompanied by mandolin, guitar and banjo. Guest pianist Ginny Lawrence will also perform. Al Adams and Stathoplos will read the captain’s letters.

Capt. Charles Barry of Boston met and married Sarah Lord of Kennebunk in the early 19th century; the pair wrote letters to each other during their married years. Adams spent hours scrolling through the letters, now in the collection of the Brick Store Museum. Unfortunately, the letters of Sarah Barry were not preserved.

“Charles Barry was a wonderful writer,” Adams says. “It was hard to choose just a dozen or so passages. Our selection includes loving, humorous, worrisome and touching letters.”

“We are so excited to see history come to life in this way,” museum Director Cynthia Walker says. “There is nothing better than music and action to make these wonderful stories come alive. Especially on Valentine’s Day!”

The museum will display artifacts from the Barrys’ lives and travels in the program center for the evening. Guests at the concert will also enjoy a dessert bar by the Brick Store Museum. Tickets can be purchased at the door and cost $10 per person, with all proceeds being split by the Brick Store Museum and Mosaic Quartet.

For more information, contact the museum at 985-4802. The Brick Store Museum is located at 117 Main St. in Kennebunk’s historic district.