KENNEBUNK — At the Brick Store Museum’s 80th birthday celebration at the Waterhouse Center on Friday, staff and trustees of the museum will announce a gift to be used by every person in the community.

The public is invited to the celebration, running from 5:30-9:30 p.m., to hear the announcement and celebrate the 80th birthday of the museum, which was founded in 1936 on Main Street. This announcement comes from an initiative that has been more than a year in the making.

The free event, presented by Kennebunk Savings Bank with the support of Corning and the Kennebunkport Resort Collection, will be open to the entire community, with a DJ from 5:30-7:30 p.m., and a New Orleans jazz band, the Hadacol Bouncers, from 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Activities and performances will last throughout the evening, including a bounce house for kids from 5:30-7:30 p.m. courtesy of Sharp Pencil Creative, and creative art activities, performances by River Tree Arts, balloon tying, moveable exhibitions from the museum, dancing, a photo booth, a raffle, a silent auction and much more.

Guests will be invited to join in the filming of a “Happy Birthday” video for the Brick Store Museum’s website. The celebration will include birthday cake for every guest and end with the premier of newly-preserved silent films from the Brick Store Museum’s archive.

The films, shot by local Kennebunkers in the early 20th century, were digitized last year with the support of Clark Insurance and Gorham Savings Bank.

More information and a schedule of events can be found on the museum’s website, brickstoremuseum.org/80thBirthday.