Special Events at PMM


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.


  • Sea Chantey Singalongs

    Sea Chantey
    Main Street Gallery 40 East Main Street, Searsport, United States

    Join in or just enjoy songs of the sea led by PMM staff and volunteers. Have a sea chantey or sailors’ song to share? You can lead one, too! Sea chanteying takes place every Thursday from May 23 through October 10, and starts at 4pm and lasts a half hour (or more). Great for all […]

    Free
  • Homeschool Day

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Homeschool families are invited to Penobscot Marine Museum for a museum visit featuring hands-on educational activities for all ages. Participants will tour the Fowler-True-Ross House to hear about Searsport sea captains and their families. The visit will also include a craft and free time in the hands-on Savage Education Center. Young participants can meet Mr. […]

    $5 – $20
  • Author Meet and Greet with Carl and David Little

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    In collaboration with anodyne book shop, Carl and David Little will be at PMM for a meet and greet and book signing for their new book Art of Penobscot Bay. Art of Penobscot Bay is the fourth joint book by brothers David and Carl Little and features more than 120 current and historical artists. Copies of […]

  • Twilight Tours

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Meet the spirits of those lost at sea - a ghost ship, a waterspout, Confederates, yellow fever, and a menagerie at the bottom of the ocean are just a few of the plots visitors may encounter on Twilight Tours. This is an indoor evening event with volunteer actors stationed throughout our historic house. Timed tickets […]

    $10
  • Roaring ’20s Tea

    Main Street Gallery 40 East Main Street, Searsport, United States

    Time travel with the Penobscot Marine Museum for a Roaring ‘20s Tea! Enjoy tea, sandwiches, scones, and sweets catered by Splendiferous Sweet Shoppe. Plus, there will be a costume contest, selfie booth, and time to socialize. Flappers and dapper Dans are welcome and costumes are encouraged. If you want to get in the ‘20s spirit […]

    $35
  • Working the Sea Book Talk

    Zoom

    Join PMM for a presentation about the new book Working the Sea, written by Michael Crowley, and featuring 100 photographs from our National Fisherman collection.

  • Working the Sea Book Launch

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

    Join us as we celebrate the long-awaited release of Working the Sea! Michael Crowley, a Contributing Editor and Field Editor for National Fisherman, started this effort during the Covid pandemic, painstakingly looking […]

  • Member Monday — We Didn’t Start the Fire

    Zoom

    In this Member Monday program, education director Jeana Ganskop will explore the history of Maine’s fascinating lime industry. People took rock out of the ground, burned it into something new, […]

  • Member Monday — A Chat with Wayne Hamilton

    Wayne Hamilton is well known around here for many things. He started the state's largest marine supply store (Hamilton Marine), is the Searsport Harbor Master, a PMM Board Member, and former Board […]

  • Member Monday — Cannery Town Listening Sessions

    Zoom

    Our March Member Monday will feature our curator Cipperly Good.  While the Maine sardine industry was well documented with oral histories during its heyday in the 20th century, not much has been recorded […]