OGUNQUIT — The Ogunquit Heritage Museum at the Captain James Winn House, 86 Obeds Lane in Ogunquit opens for its 17^th season on Friday, June 1.

The museum will be open from June 1 to Oct. 31 on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m.

The museum is proud to showcase the Lifeguards and their storied past at Ogunquit Beach starting in 1926. From the most famous, Bette Davis, to the 2017 winners of the Northern New England Lifesaving Championship and all the men and women in between. The museum is very grateful to JP Argenti for researching and contacting past lifeguards.

Legendary radio disc jockey Arnie “Woo Woo” Ginsburg, who was a DJ from the 1950s to 1970s first at WBOS then WMEX out of Boston, will be celebrated this season at the museum. Ginsburg spent summers in his younger years in Ogunquit and established a hometown affinity for the artists’ colony and eventually retired here where he is a fixture in the community.

Over the last year and a half the community has lost three renown artists: Norman E. West, DeWitt Hardy and George Burk. The museum is honored to exhibit some of their works this season.

In the small borning room a permanent collection gives prominence to a pair of Ogunquit’s famous teahouses — The Dan Sing Fan and The Whistling Oyster. Showcased are signs, furniture, menus, photographs and paintings from the original buildings.

The ell houses the Perkins Cove collection, including artifacts from the fishermen’s shacks of old. There are also paintings and photographs, past and present, that have been created around Ogunquit.

Admission is free but donations are gratefully accepted. The mMuseum also houses the extensive Charles Littlefield Seaman Library, information on Maine families and towns through the years and a replica of the famous Ogunquit dory.

For more information, call 646-0296.