News at the Museum
To receive press releases or for more information, contact Sabrina Kettell, skettell@pmm-maine.org or 207-548-2529.
March 2026 Newsletter
Eliot Elisofon’s Vinalhaven Summers with Kevin Johnson, Maine’s Export Industries by Cipperly Good, exclusive video about the Big Jim restoration project.
February 2026 Newsletter
Kids’ vacation camps, Member Monday with Cipperly, an update on the photo archives, and remembering Michael Simon.
January 2026 Newsletter
Upcoming workshops including a Valentine event, a sardine-snack event, and POP studies.
December 2025 Newsletter
Restoring Big Jim, and Ode to the Sardine, and a pop-up children’s museum this month at Penobscot Marine Museum!
November 2025 Newsletter
Searsport unveils a special Seaport Captains statue, plus our photo collections are once again available online, and we’ve expanded our POP studies program through 2026.
October 2025 Newsletter
SardineFest is October 4 at the museum! Plus, craft workshops are scheduled for November and December, and the museum’s final day of 2025 is coming right up!
September 2025 Newsletter
Join us for monthly sea chantey singalongs, plus SardineFest is coming up, and our schedule for Twilight Tours has been announced.
August 2025 Newsletter
Join our “Sip & Stamp” Sardine Can Printmaking Party, plus special continuing education classes are coming up this fall, and more Eastern Illustrating negatives have been unearthed.
July 2025 Newsletter
Free admission for kids on Wednesdays! Plus: and E.B. White open-mic night, a call for empty sardine tins, and meet our new interns!
June 2025 Newsletter
Monthly singalongs start, oral histories with Cipperly, and Searsport’s stories of the seas!
May 2025 Newsletter
Penobscot Marine Museum gets ready for opening day on May 23! The spring speaker series is announced. And registration is open for summer kids’ camps.
April 2025 Newsletter
We are very honored to share the news that the Penobscot Marine Museum has again achieved accreditation from the Alliance of American Museums. Plus, the spring speaker series lineup, and our grand opening date set!
January 2025 Newsletter
Join our community conversation about the former Belfast canneries, sign up for our Sailor’s Valentine Workshop next month, and explore some new digital collections.
December Newsletter
Join us at a book launch party, enroll your kids in February vacation day-camps, and shop some great holiday gifts!
November Newsletter
In November, we invite you to join our conversation about the closing of Maine’s sardine canneries, plus get ready for the holidays with a sailor’s knot wreath-making workshop.
October Newsletter
October at the museum brings our annual Twilight Tours, plus meet authors Carl and David Little, read an update from our Education Department, and step back in time to Belfast in the 1980s through the lens of Leslie Gregory.
September Newsletter
This September at the museum, join our sea chantey singalongs, time travel with us to the roaring 20s, peek into the archives of Pack Dodge.
August Newsletter
PMM unveils a new logo, McKenna and Her Camera debuts, and the museum is open free during the Searsport Art Walks.
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Penobscot Marine Musuem
Penobscot Marine Museum
40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498 Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
Hours
We will re-open May 22, 2026
Thanks for a great season! Penobscot Marine Museum's campus is now closed for the winter.
Mission
Penobscot Marine Museum inspires curiosity and fosters understanding about life and work on the Maine coast to encourage stewardship of our communities and the sea.



















