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Established | 1981 |
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Location | 4 Herrick Road Southwest Harbor, Maine |
Coordinates | 44°17′01″N68°19′37″W / 44.2836°N 68.3270°W |
Type | Art Museum |
Website | www |
Wendell Gilley was a bird watcher and artist who carved birds in wood on Mount Desert Island, Maine. He started out carving two-inch wooden birds for Abercrombie & Fitch.
The Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor, Maine, which opened in July 1981, displays hundreds of examples of Gilley's work. The museum also features works by other woodcarvers, including a collection of miniature waterfowl by the Cape Cod carver who inspired Gilley, A. Elmer Crowell.