Special Events at PMM

April 21st at 11am on Zoom or on your own anytime
$10/kit (up to 3 kids) including shipping, Register here.
Register by April 15th to ensure materials arrive before Zoom workshop.

April 23rd at noon
Free on Facebook

The oil painting of the schooner NANCY HANKS was created by Antonio Jacobsen in 1918, soon after it was launched. Most of the ship’s portraits we have explored during Peek into Paintings are from the mid to late 1800s. Why was there a brief resurgence in wooden shipbuilding in the late 1910s? Find out more by joining us on Facebook Live at noon!

May 10th at Noon on Zoom
Free for members

Join PMM Digital Curator Matt Wheeler as we return to an interview with Jeff Dworsky. In this conversation, Dworsky talks about his foresightful photographic document of the Maine fishing village where he landed as a teenager and which became his home.

May 13th at 6pm on Zoom
Free, register here.

Join PMM Education Director Jeana Ganskop and Museum Educator/Lead Interpreter Sarah Cole as we discuss and share methods for using artifacts and primary sources to bring history to life.

Peek into Paintings - Shipbuilding
May 14th at Noon
Free, premiering on Facebook & YouTube

Penobscot Bay's economy in the 19th century was based on shipping, shipbuilding, and getting the lumber to build the ships. Sam Manning's detailed illustrations take us through the basics of the shipbuilding process. We look at a couple of shipyards on Searsport Harbor- plus, one Mainer who used enslaved African Americans to enrich himself…

May 20th at 6pm on Zoom
Free, register here

Kosti Ruohomaa’s Beloved Maine, a slideshow and lecture by Deanna Bonner-Ganter, focuses on Rockland, Maine photographer Kosti Ruohomaa’s Maine photographs. Deanna Bonner-Ganter is the perfect guide to explore Ruohomaa’s work and legacy. She spent more than 30 years researching his life and work. In 2016, her definitive biography, Kosti Ruohomaa Photographer Poet was published by Downeast Books. She recently retired from the Maine State Museum in Augusta where she spent her career as a curator.

May 27th at 6pm on Zoom
Free, register here

What is hidden in the Penobscot Marine Museum archives, and how can you explore them? With records from sailors, captains, fishermen, shipbuilders, and other Penobscot Bay residents over the past 250 years, there's a lot here. Join us for a look at the letters, diaries, logbooks, and other manuscripts in PMM's collection and hear some of the great stories we uncovered during this winter's cataloging project. Click here to register.

May 28th at Noon
Free, premiering on Facebook & YouTube

When you think about Maine, do you picture seagulls, lobsterboats, and lighthouses? As we get ready for summer in Maine, we’ll take a look at local artist Ken Hatch’s 1976 painting “Wharf Scene with Gull.” What says Maine summer to you? Send your photos or short videos to Jeana at [email protected] for a chance to be included in this Peek into Paintings! 

Friday, June 11th at Noon
Free, premiering on Facebook and YouTube

We delve into writings by children in the 19th century.  Joanna Colcord playing dress-up with friends.  Andrew Pendleton's instructions from his father.  Lillias trying to teach a classroom at age 15.  Emma likes to go dancing and sleigh riding, but works hard washing and sewing when her mother is ill.  We also meet Harry Dow who goes to sea as a child and is a captain by his twenties.

June 14th at Noon on Zoom
Free member exclusive

Examining what has changed and what has not in our state over 100 years is a fascinating exercise. PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson has led several high school and middle school groups in exploring these phenomena and he continues to explore it on his own. Using the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. photos as "Then", he and his students found the same vantage point to take "Now" photos. Join him for a tour around Waldo, Knox and Washington Counties as he shares some highlights and discusses the process.