Special Events at PMM

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You’re invited to join us at Penobscot Marine Museum for our ongoing series of special events! For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or jganskop@pmm-maine.org.

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  • Off Campus Event: Readfield, The Postcard View: Selections from Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company

    Asa Gile Hall 8 Old Kents Hill Rd, Readefield, United States

    Sat., March 16, 2019 at 1:00pm
    Asa Gile Hall, 8 Old Kents Hill Rd., Readfield

    Johnson’s program will include the story of “Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.” and a slideshow of historical views of Readfield and its neighboring towns of Winthrop, Wayne, Fayette, Mt. Vernon, Vienna, Belgrade and Manchester.
    For more information Contact (207)377-2299 or readfieldhistorical@gmail.com.

    Free

  • Speaker: Object-Based Learning

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Thursday, May 23, 6pm-8pm
    $5 for members, $8 for non-members, free for teachers

    What can you learn from a ship’s painting, a 19th-century logbook, or a souvenir from China? How can these objects be used to teach? In this interactive presentation, PMM staff will discuss the benefits of object-based learning. Guidelines will be provided for using Museum artifacts as primary sources in the classroom and as starting points for storytelling.

  • Speaker: Where in the World with John Worth

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Thursday, June 20, 6pm
    $8/person, $5/PMM member

    Where in the World is John Worth? John Worth spent his life driving tugs, windjammers, and other workboats on Penobscot Bay. This past year, he took off on a retirement trip, "The Kite" by water; come hear about the ports he visited and the adventures he had traveling up the Hudson, Erie Canal, St. Lawrence, and down the Chambly Canal, through Lake Champlain, and back out the Hudson. Presented in conjunction with the Maine Retired Skippers.

    Sponsored by Hamilton Marine