OWLS HEAD — Owls Head Transportation Museum opens to the public, free of charge, for the second day of STEM Fest, Saturday, April 27. The event runs 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., doors close at 4 p.m.

The museum is open to the public and visitors can enjoy the festival free of cost. This is an opportunity for youth to try their hand at a variety of STEM-based programming, find inspiration and speak with professionals from a variety of fields.

Participants include Maine Maritime Academy, University of Maine, Nomad Motors, and the Maine Discovery Museum.

“Don’t miss a Bath Iron Works virtual reality training trailer or build a stethoscope with the Girls Scout of Maine,” said OHTM, in a news release.

Participating STEM professionals include:

•Douglass Dynamics —Snowplow robotics interactive

•Lyman Morse—fabrication demonstration

•Mechanical Arts—auto mechanics demonstration

•Maine Health Institute for Research—create a model of the heart

•University of Maine Orono—Bridges

•Central Maine Power —"Safety City” interactive demonstration

•Bath Iron Works—VR Training Trailer

•BRIO —Heat press logo bag activity

•Maine Discovery Museum —Viscosity experiment

•Op Box —Recycled building materials/ CLYNK deposit prototype  

•Girl Scouts of Maine —DIY Stethoscopes

•Dizzy Lizzy —Grab and go Sewing Monster, leather tooling keychains

•Maine Maritime Academy —Boat design and testing

•University of Maine—The Mainely Physics Road Show

•Experimental Aircraft Association—Model airplanes

•Nomad Motors—Classic car turned electric

•OHTM Demonstrations—World War I Encampment

DAY 1 of the event, Friday, April 26, is closed to general public to allow for Special School Field Trip Day.

School groups can continue to RSVP until April 23. Contact Megan Galinsky mgalinsky@ohtm.org (207) 594-4418 x152

Committed sponsors are: First National Bank, Central Maine Power, Allen Insurance, OpBox and Maine Technology Institute.

Where: Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St, Owls Head, ME 04854