ELLSWORTH – In his comedy of manners “She Stoops to Conquer,” Oliver Goldsmith writes, “I love everything that’s old – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”

There will be plenty to love, including a wine bar, at this weekend’s Ellsworth Antiques Show. And the nation’s longest-running summer antiques show will take place in a fitting venue this year: the historic Woodlawn estate.

For years, the Ellsworth Antiques Show was held in City Hall and it later relocated to George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill. Its return to Ellsworth is expected to draw up to 1,500 antiques aficionados over the course of the show, which opened to the public on Thursday. Hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.

“The show, from its days at City Hall, is warmly remembered and we are especially pleased to welcome it home,” said Joshua Campbell Torrance, Woodlawn’s executive director. “It will be a wonderful event for the community.”

The event, which will benefit Woodlawn, will feature 26 dealers of national and regional renown, nine of whom hail from Maine. Several of the dealers are longtime exhibitors at such prestigious antiques events as the Philadelphia Antiques Show, the Ellis Antiques Show in Boston, the Washington Antiques Show, and the Winter Antiques Show in New York City. Donald Cresswell of the Philadelphia Print Shop is frequently seen on “Antiques Roadshow.”

The antiques dealers will present an array of antiques and art. Fine examples of American and English furniture and accessories, American paintings and watercolors, quilts, prints, rare books, ceramics, folk art, silver, jewelry, and oriental rugs will be among the items for sale.

Visitors will be able to tour Woodlawn Museum, as well as participate in programs and lectures. The Union River Lobster Pot will cater a luncheon cafe and wine bar during the show.

“All the dealers are excited to return to Ellsworth, where we have staged many successful shows in the past, said Bill Schwind of Schwind Antiques in Yarmouth, who has been the show’s chairman for 30 years. “A great plus will be the beautiful setting of the Woodlawn estate.”

Admission is $8, or $10 for show and museum admission. Woodlawn Museum is located a quarter-mile from downtown Ellsworth on Route 172 (Surry Road). For information or directions, visit www.woodlawnmuseum.org or call 667-8671.