Lectures, Workshops, Events
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TinkerCAD & 3D Printing Demonstration
Main Street Gallery
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
In the past models were made of wood and other organic materials. Today we can design models on computers and print them out in 3-D. Students from the Searsport District Middle School will demonstrate how the computer aided design software “TinkerCAD” works and print out their inspirational designs for all to see. Join them on the model pond afterwards to see if their creations float, sail, and who will win the race!
Find out more »Sources of Inspiration: Rob Eddy, Modelmaker
Admissions Center
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Rob Eddy, model maker from Camden, Maine, shares his inspiration for building models. Eddy’s models are known for their use of the silver, gold, and precious gems, in addition to traditional wood.
Find out more »Soling Remote Control Model Demonstration
Model Pond
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
The Soling racing yacht is a popular one-design class. This miniature version is one of the most popular classes and has the largest number of registered models within the American Model Yachting Association racing class system.
Find out more »Sources of Inspiration: David White, Antiques Dealer
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
David White, an antiques dealer and model restorer from North Yarmouth, shares what inspires model collectors to acquire their next ship or pond model and the intricate work it takes to restore these boats in miniature.
Find out more »Fourth of July Model Race
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
Celebrate Independence Day by bringing your Remote Control and Sailing Pond Models to our pond. Pick up races with other models.
Find out more »Remote Control Lobster Boat and America’s Cup Sailboat Model Races
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
Museum Crescent and Searsport Town Dock
It is race day down at the Searsport Town Dock, as the models of Lobster boats and America's Cup Yachts race for glory. Stop by and cheer them on!
Find out more »E.B. White’s Birthday and Stuart Little Model Race
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
Celebrate E.B. White’s 119th birthday with us! There will be cake, tintype photo sessions by E.B. White’s sailing dinghy FAINT ENDEAVOR, and a chance to make a clothespin Stuart Little and model boat to sail on our pond and take home afterwards.
Find out more »Sources of Inspiration: Ken Weeks, Canoe model maker
Admissions Center
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Ken Weeks builds canoes in the traditional manner in Blue Hill. He will compare the building of a birch bark canoe in miniature with the 42 foot model currently under construction.
Find out more »Sources of Inspiration: Nic Damuck, Model Business Owner
Admissions Center
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Nic Damuck owns BlueJacket Shipcrafters Inc. in Searsport. He will discuss his background as a model maker and what inspires others to build.
Find out more »A Yankee Expeditioner’s Thoughts on the Penobscot Expedition
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
The Penobscot Expedition, during the Revolutionary War, was the worst naval disaster in American history until Pearl Harbor. David Middleton, a costumed interpreter, will discuss the failures of the assault on Magabigaduce (Castine) and the consequences to the Mid-coast and Penobscot regions of Maine.
Find out more »Half Model and Lines Drawing Class
July 27-28; 10am-3pm
Boatbuilder Greg Rossel will teach participants how to make templates from an existing set of plans and build a half model. Day two will show how to take lines from a model and start a second half model. Class materials will include a selection of woods.
Find out more »Gala & Auction 2018
Friday evening, August 3
Dinner with silent and live auctions
On the Penobscot Marine Museum campus
For more information call 207.548.2529 or email skettell@pmm-maine.org
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Searsport Heritage Days Homecoming Model Display
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
Searsport celebrates its maritime history this weekend, join us to see models built and used by our maritime forefathers and foremothers. Call ahead to reserve your spot.
Find out more »Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Join author Jonathan White as he explores sea level rise, tide-generated electricity, the relation of sea- and land-creatures (including humans) to the tides and the moon, how tides are slowing the earth’s rotation and making the day longer, and why scientists have been maddened by the problem of explaining the tides for thousands of years.
Find out more »The “Great War” in Review
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
In 2018, we commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of the “Great War”. Historian Paul Biddle provides insights into what led the United States to enter the war and how that influenced the outcome of the war.
Find out more »Sources of Inspiration: Al Ross, Model Planmaker
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Al Ross designs model plans for BlueJacket Shipcrafters Inc. in Searsport. He will discuss which designs inspire him the most and why.
Find out more »Sources of Inspiration: Cassie Stymest, Educator
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Educational Passages’s Program Director Cassie Stymest explains how they use GPS-equipped models to spread ocean and environmental literacy. Classrooms around the world follow the models and explore oceanic phenomena.
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