BETHEL — Ski Museum of Maine will present Made in Maine: 100-Plus Years of Craftsmanship in Skiing at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, at the Bethel Historical Society.

It’s free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

This fireside chat will tell the story of Maine’s long history of manufacturing ski equipment, the demise of the industry in the late 20th century and its current renaissance.

Included will be a digital slideshow of more than 80 photos — some more than a century old — that have been assembled by the Ski Museum of Maine. Photos will cover the entire span of skiing in Maine, from the founding of Aroostook County’s Swedish Colony to the present day. Locations that were historically important to ski equipment manufacturing include Aroostook County, Auburn, Milford, Minot, Norway, Paris, Portland, Skowhegan, West Paris and Wilton.

Currently there are five firms in Maine that can be classified as “craft” or “boutique” ski and snowboard builders. Photos of these contemporary ski-building operations will also be included.

Two contrasting 12-minute videos will be shown. The first features rare archival footage of ski fabrication at the Paris Manufacturing Co. in the early 1930s. The second depicts the current ski-making operations of YOPP Clandestine, whose partners, Toby Winkler and Jake Bracy, will introduce their video and display examples of their product.

Narrator and host will be Scott Andrews, a Portland ski journalist and Ski Museum curator who assembled the photos for the fireside chat and performed most of the research.