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.
Wednesday, July 28
11am on Facebook Live (free)
10am-5pm in person (Included with museum admission)
Clams, loons, row boats, and ice cream. What says Maine to you? Enjoy special Maine-themed activities including BINGO.
Friday, July 30
10am-5pm
Included with Museum Admission
Come to the museum on Fridays this summer and meet our giant person-sized lobster! It’s a great photo opportunity! We’ll also have lobster trivia and temporary tattoos.
Tuesday, August 3, 5-8pm click here to see available times
$25/family (up to 10 people)
Some lives in Searsport were very well recorded - sea captains kept logs and wrote letters, their literate wives and children kept diaries. We talk a lot about these families because we know a lot about them. But those wealthy, educated families were only a part of the people who lived and worked in Searsport in the nineteenth century. What about the other people: the servants, the paupers; those who committed crimes, those who got divorced? We will use some of the records still remaining to us to try to uncover some of the other stories of life in 19th century Searsport - stories the respectable families might just as soon not have told.
Friday, August 6
10am-5pm
Included with Museum Admission
Come to the museum on Fridays this summer and meet our giant person-sized lobster! It’s a great photo opportunity! We’ll also have lobster trivia and temporary tattoos.
Monday, August 9
Noon
Free for members
PMM photo archivist, Kevin Johnson, will take a deeper look at the new exhibit currently on display at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. Johnson worked with photographer Liv Kristin Robinson and Megan Pinette of the Belfast Historical Society to curate the exhibit and will discuss the process and share details about the various photographs and photographers included.
Tuesday, August 10, 5-8pm click here to see available times
$25/family (up to 10 people)
Some lives in Searsport were very well recorded - sea captains kept logs and wrote letters, their literate wives and children kept diaries. We talk a lot about these families because we know a lot about them. But those wealthy, educated families were only a part of the people who lived and worked in Searsport in the nineteenth century. What about the other people: the servants, the paupers; those who committed crimes, those who got divorced? We will use some of the records still remaining to us to try to uncover some of the other stories of life in 19th century Searsport - stories the respectable families might just as soon not have told.
Friday, August 13
10am-5pm
Included with Museum Admission
Come to the museum on Fridays this summer and meet our giant person-sized lobster! It’s a great photo opportunity! We’ll also have lobster trivia and temporary tattoos.
Tuesday, August 17, 5-8pm click here to see available times
$25/family (up to 10 people)
In the late 1800s, sea captains from Searsport were sailing around the world delivering goods to Europe, Asia, South America, and many places in between. Often, wives and children accompanied these captains. What was life like for these small-town families spending years at sea? What was it like for family members who stayed home during some voyages? Discover the stories of Searsport sailing families in this tour.
Friday, August 20
10am-5pm
Included with Museum Admission
Come to the museum on Fridays this summer and meet our giant person-sized lobster! It’s a great photo opportunity! We’ll also have lobster trivia and temporary tattoos.
Tuesday, August 24, 5-8pm click here to see available times
$25/family (up to 10 people)
In the late 1800s, sea captains from Searsport were sailing around the world delivering goods to Europe, Asia, South America, and many places in between. Often, wives and children accompanied these captains. What was life like for these small-town families spending years at sea? What was it like for family members who stayed home during some voyages? Discover the stories of Searsport sailing families in this tour.
