Penobscot Marine Museum’s campus is currently closed for the winter. We’ll re-open in May 2026.
40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
Lectures, Workshops, Events
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.
Monday, June 16
Eric Hopkins: Shells – Fish – Shellfish
Exhibit open (Artist’s reception Friday, July 25, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Art Gallery, 11 Church Street
Tonka truck repair workshops will be held at Searsport Automotive and Tires, 357 W. Main St. on October 4, 9:00 am to noon as part of Searsport’s annual Fling Into Fall celebration on October 10 and 11
Saturday, October 4, 1:00 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Exploring the Penobscot Marine Museum Photography Archive with Kevin Johnson
For more information www.gpcmgs.org.
Greater Portland Chapter Maine Genealogy Society, 29 Ocean House Rd., Cape Elizabeth. Admission free.
Thursday, October 9, 7:00 pm:
Maine Boatbuilders Forum: Boat Builders of East Penobscot Bay
PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Tickets $8 members and $10 non-members.
On Thursday, October 16 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., David Estey will be at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport to discuss and sign “Whoop and Drive ’er” – Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine. “A humorous labor of love,” is how Estey describes his new illustrated memoir about colorful family members, friends, and characters he experienced while growing up in Fort Fairfield, Presque Isle, and Belfast, Maine. The memoir begins in Aroostook, but Estey attended the Rhode Island School of Design, travelled throughout Europe, was in the army, worked for the IRS, and lived in the South, before returning to Maine for a second career as an award-winning artist. Estey’s paintings will be on display for the event.
Artisan Days: Central Maine craft group will demonstrate knitting. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.
Sunday, October 19
LAST DAY Museum campus closes for the season.
October 20, 2014 through May 22, 2015
The Museum campus is closed. The Museum Framer and Museum Shop are closed for renovation until further notice.
Monday, October 27, 7:00 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Belfast: Photographs from the Penobscot Marine Museum with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson
For more information www.belfastmuseum.org
Belfast Free Library, 106 High St, Belfast. Admission free.
Exploring the Magic of Photography: Painting with Light
Saturday, November 1, 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
University of Maine Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine
80 Belmont Avenue, Belfast, Maine
Register online or call us at 207-548-2529
Conference Tickets:
Penobscot Marine Museum and Colonial Theater invite you to Salted Tales: Stories From the Sea Told Live at Colonial Theater on Sunday, March 29, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Hear working seamen and women tell hair-raising real-life sea stories of amazing experiences on the water from fending off Somali pirates to putting out aircraft carrier fires. Each fast-paced story will be eight minutes long. Story tellers’ backgrounds range from the U.S. Navy to tug boat captain to commercial fisherman.
