Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cardboard Boatbuilding Workshop
Come and learn how to build a cardboard boat that floats! Enter your creation in the Cardboard Boat Race at the Belfast Harbor Fest, August 15 - 17. Open to all ages.
PMM’s Hamilton Learning Center, 89 East Main St (Route One), Searsport. Admission free.

With Museum Framer Lin Calista
Saturday, June 11, 9 am to noon, Museum Library, 11 Church St.
Materials Cost: $30, $20 for members.

Participants will be given a PMM postcard of their choice, and matting and frame materials. Using these preservation framing materials, learn how to mat and frame like the professionals! Beginners welcome. Limited to 15, please register or purchase advance tickets in the Museum Store, online, or by phone at 207-548-0334 or 207-548-2529.

With Betsy Paradis, Reference and Special Collections Librarian, Belfast Free Library
Tuesday, August 9 postponed to August 16, 2 pm to 5 pm, Museum Library, 11 Church St.
Cost: $8; $5 Members

Using PMM genealogical reference materials, you will learn how to research your own family history. Betsy Paradis is the Reference and Special Collections Librarian at the Belfast Free Library and has taught genealogy courses and presented on the topic at libraries around the state and at genealogy conferences.

Join Micah Woodcock of Atlantic Holdfast Seaweed Company for a talk about sea vegetables available in the Gulf of Maine and demonstration of cooking techniques.  Hint, it is not just about Asian-inspired salads.  If you loved the conversation started at Maine Marine Fare, you will not want to miss this free event! For more information call 207-548-2529.

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.

Saturday, July 27, 10am-4pm
$125/participant, $115 for PMM members

Participants will have the opportunity of using photographs as inspiration from the collections of the Penobscot Marine Museum. Participants will leave this one day workshop with techniques and confidence that will allow you to achieve your goals and create a painting that is uniquely yours. All levels welcome. Materials list available. Registration deadline is July 19.

Saturday, August 10, 9am-12:30am
Ages 9-90, $30/participant, $20/member

Inspired by Lucinda Hathaway’s books Takashi's Voyage: The Wreck of the Sindia and 'Round the World: Takashi Sails Home, this workshop will explore the art of watercolor journaling. No prior experience is necessary and this workshop is great for the whole family. Registration deadline is August 2, call 548-2529 or email [email protected] to register.

Saturday, February 15, 10am-1pm
Adults, $30

Sailors’ Valentines are a form of sea shell art, popular in the 1800s, when sailors brought them home to their wives, girlfriends, mothers, or sisters. Most Sailors’ Valentines were made in the West Indies, on the island of Barbados, between 1830 and 1880, but production continued into the early 20th century. In this workshop, you can make your own Sailors’ Valentine to take home. All materials and tools provided. Come back on Sunday if you need a little more time.

Sunday, February 16th, 12:30pm-3:30pm
$8/person, $5/PMM member or Searsport/Stockton Springs Resident
$20/family, FREE for children 7 and under!

Enjoy drop-in crafts, hourly guided tours of exhibits, and special program! 

Celebrating the lives of the 19th-century Mainers who went to sea, this Sunday will offer visitors an opportunity to make simple Sailor’s Valentines and shell jewelry as a drop-in activity. At 1pm, Joe Greeley will present a program on sea chanteys. Sea chanteys were an integral part of life aboard a merchant sailing ship. With small crews it was vitally important for the sailors to work together and chanteys provided the means to do. By the use of a 'call and response' song, the chantyman regulated the work so that each man knew when to haul. In addition, sailors’ songs provided a means of entertainment when the sailors were off watch.

Sunday, February 23rd, 12:30pm-3:30pm
$8/person, $5/PMM member or Searsport/Stockton Springs Resident
$20/family, FREE for children 7 and under!

Enjoy drop-in crafts, hourly guided tours of exhibits, and special program!