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To receive press releases or for more information, contact Sabrina Kettell, [email protected] or 207-548-2529 ext. 216.
New Fitz Henry Lane Added to the Collection!
Thanks to the estate of Ellen Guild Moot, Penobscot Marine Museum recently acquired the Fitz Henry Lane oil on canvas painting "The Lumber Schooner", painted in 1850. The Buyer: Edward Dyer Peters ( 1785-1856) In the 18th century the lumber trade between Maine and...
Penobscot Marine Museum First Annual T-shirt Design Contest Winners
Penobscot Marine Museum’s theme for the 2017 season is Gone Fishing! exploring the world of Maine's commercial fisheries. To connect with Maine students on this topic, PMM asked for help in designing a Maine fish t-shirt. The contest was open to any school aged...
Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography
2017 New England Society in the City of New York Book Award Winner Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography is the New England Society 2017 Book Award winner in the Photography category. The New England Society is a nonprofit organization...
Celebrate with Ralph Stanley at Penobscot Marine Museum
Saturday, May 27, 2017, Penobscot Marine Museum will host an afternoon of boat talk and music in celebration of the career and talents of MDI boatbuilder, National Heritage Fellow and Penobscot Marine Museum Trustee Ralph Stanley. Stanley will be at Penobscot Marine...
Penobscot Marine Museum 2017 Exhibit – Gone Fishing!
Penobscot Marine Museum opens for their 81st year Saturday, May 27, 2017 with Gone Fishing! The new show explores the world of Maine's commercial fisheries through exhibits and programs that will entertain and educate children and adults alike. An opening reception...
Penobscot Marine Museum’s Jeff Dworsky Photo Collection at Camden Public Library for Maritime Month
A Way of Life: The Fishing Families of Stonington photographs by Jeff Dworsky will be on display at Camden Public Library from April 4, 2017 through April 30, 2017. Maritime Month will be kicked off will photographer Jeff Dworsky speaking on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at...
Calling All Students!
In 2017, Penobscot Marine Museum will explore Maine fisheries in our new exhibit The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries. To fit with this focus we are asking Maine students to help us design a fisheries related t-shirt. A panel of area artists and art enthusiasts will...
Finding What is Hiding in Plain Sight
by Deborah Nowers This is a story that starts and ends with PMM... well, it never ends, because it is a genealogy story. It began with a request to look at the history of the Fowler-True-Ross House at the museum. I described that project in the first issue of this...
Mutiny on the Bangalore?
John Golden, PMM Library Researcher In mid-November, a gentleman from Pasadena, CA stopped by the Library and inquired about a Frank Carver, master of the ship BANGALORE. Captain Carver was a long lost relative. It seems that the family legend had it that Captain...
Upcoming Release of 5000 More Fishing Photos From the National Fisherman Archive
Maine’s own National Fisherman magazine has always been a hardcore trade publication, which means that its readership falls inside a particular sphere of interest and activity. At the same time, its cultural importance shouldn’t be underestimated. Its photographic...
Research in the Stephen Phillips Memorial Library
By Deborah Nowers, Library Research Volunteer The Stephen Phillips Memorial Library is a hidden gem on Church Street. The library is a research non-circulating collection that includes information not easily found other places. The library is open Tuesday through...
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
By John Golden On September 8-9, 1900 (Saturday to Sunday), a category 4 hurricane (130-140 mph winds) struck the city of Galveston, Texas. There were 6,000 to 8,000 people killed. It was the worst hurricane to ever strike the United States mainland. Galveston was cut...
The Northeast by Eastern Screening and Live Score
On Monday, November 14, 2016, Penobscot Marine Museum presents the Sumner McKane film, The Northeast by Eastern, with live score performed by Sumner McKane and Josh Robbins. The Northeast by Eastern combines Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company’s comprehensive...
Old Newspapers as a Historical Source
By Jon B. Johansen A number of years ago I was reading a book about the history of pilots on the East Coast of the United States and they mentioned the shipwreck of the packet MEXICO off Hempstead Beach, New York in January 1837. I headed to the Bangor Public Library...
A Shooting in Searsport
Researched by Leo Shea, Ph.D. Want insight into Lincoln Colcord? Into the man and his times? Into his able, vast nautical, literary, social and political experiences and opinions? The Penobscot Marine Museum has an extensive “Colcord Collection”, in which you can find...
Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography Book Release
Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography is the joint effort of Kevin Johnson, Penobscot Marine Museum’s Photo Archivist; W.H. Bunting, Maine’s foremost interpreter of historic images; Earl G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian. This...
Maine On Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography
Maine On Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography (Signed by author, Kevin Johnson) by W H. Bunting, Kevin Johnson, Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Paperback $37.00 (includes tax and shipping) Description: Nineteenth-century Maine―famed for its...
Searsport Sea Captains React to the Fall of the American Merchant Marine
By Cipperly Good, PMM Collections Manager During the American Civil War, as the Confederates immobilized 40% of Union ships, shipowners chose to reregister under foreign flags gaining protection from a law prohibiting the sinking of foreign neutral vessels. After...
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October 16, 2023 – May 22, 2024
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