Media Contact: Kathy Goldner, [email protected], 207.548.2529 x216 SEARSPORT, ME, November 8, 2013 – In the 1890’s, Kennebec River steamboat captain James E. Perkins taught himself to take photographs with a 4”x 5” view camera using glass plate negatives. He...
Media Contact: Kathy Goldner, [email protected], 207.548.2529 x216 SEARSPORT, ME, October 18, 2013 – Maine scientists are leading the way nationally in wind and tide energy development, and important strides are being made in fisheries research. This year...
Pen Bay Day! Join the party on Saturday, July 6th! Penobscot Marine Museum celebrates our wonderful community and the summer season with a gigantic celebration. Come see an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle from OceansWide, watch Revolutionary War re-enactors fire...
For Those in Peril: Shipwrecks, Memorials, and Rescues Celebrate Penobscot Marine Museum’s 2013 season! Join us for the opening reception of this exciting exhibit, share delicious victuals and ale. Stories of “those in peril” will come alive for...
PMM Object of the Month, March 2013 The Emperor of Japan awarded Nathan Carver of the bark Abbie Carver this beautiful medal of the red ribbon and a citation for his rescue of thirteen shipwrecked Japanese fishermen in September of 1881. The Emperor expressed his...
Volunteer Day is coming Bring your oxcart, wear your best hat and… Help us clean the campus! We need you and your friends, your rake, your shovel, your paintbrush, your huddled masses yearning to clean, and weed and paint. Save the date, Saturday, May 11, 9:00...
