Wendell Gilley Museum | |
Established: | 1981 |
Location: | 4 Herrick Road Southwest Harbor, Maine |
Type: | Art Museum |
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.