Visit us at Belfast Harbor Fest
Steamboat Landing Belfast Heritage Park Belfast, ME, United StatesSaturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18
For more information visit belfastharborfest.com.
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Special Events at PMM
Lectures, Workshops, Events
For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].
Maine Marine Fare Conference
Searsport’s Union Hall 1 Union St., Searsport, ME, United StatesSaturday, September 28
9:00am-4:00pm
Searsport’s Union Hall, 1 Union Street, Searsport
$60 for members, teachers, and non-profit employees
$75 for non-members
$30 for students
Lunch will be provided
Registration deadline is September 16
The classic image of a Maine Fisherman is the lobsterman who owns and operates his own boat with a small crew to help with the catch. While this is still very much the case, Maine is diversifying its fisheries: aquaculture is introducing more marketable species, multi-national companies are applying for land-based aquaculture permits, the traditional bait fish stocks are running short and new sources need to be found, the removal of river dams means more fish are returning to the Penobscot Nation’s sovereign waters, and women are breaking into the fish catch and processing arenas.
Maine Marine Fare: Speaker Series with Anne Hayden
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesThursday, October 3
6:00pm
$8/person, $5/PMM member
PMM Old Vestry
Anne Hayden, Senior Fisheries Program Manager at Manomet, will share a presentation including what fisheries in Maine used to look like, where things stand today, why the lobster fishery is thriving but the groundfishery isn’t, and an outlook on the future. In addition to developing a market for green crabs, this presentation also covers other projects Manomet is working on including shellfish aquaculture and river herring restoration.
Model Pumpkin Boat Competition
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesSaturday, October 5
$5 registration fee
In the second year of this event, we challenge you to make a model boat out of a Pumpkin! Bring your model pumpkin boat to the Penobscot Marine Museum on Saturday October 5th to compete. PMM staff will judge entries using a point system based on size, composition, creative use of pumpkin, overall look, ability to float, and speed. The winner will receive 50% of the proceeds and the other 50% will go to the Penobscot Marine Museum to help support programming like this!
Pre-Fling into Fall and Model Pumpkin Boat Competition II
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesSaturday, October 5th
Free with Museum admission ($5 entry fee for model pumpkin boats)
11:30am-Noon - Yard in the Yard Demonstration Help furl the square sails on our Downeaster mast in the yard.
Noon - Presentation & Book Signing John Anderson will discuss his new book Borne on the Wind: the Life and Journals of Captain Anders Anderson. A Swedish immigrant, Captain Anderson sailed schooners out of Stonington, Camden, and Rockland in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
1pm - Model Pumpkin Boat Competition II Bring your model pumpkin boat to compete in our second annual competition. *$5 registration fee, free museum admission with model pumpkin boat entry. See details below.
2pm-5pm - Scarecrow vignette building. Help museum staff & volunteers create this year’s Fling Into Fall scarecrow vignette to be entered into the scarecrow competition on October 12th.
Borne on the Wind Presentation and Signing
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesOctober 5
12:00pm
Free with Museum admission
John R. Anderson will discuss his new book Borne on the Wind: the Life and Journals of Captain Anders Anderson. The story is of a Swedish immigrant, Captain Anderson, who sailed schooners out of Stonington, Camden, and Rockland in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Books will be available for sale, and the author will be signing copies.
Maine Marine Fare: Speaker Series with Bill Anderson
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesThursday, October 10
6:00pm
$8/person, $5/PMM member
PMM Old Vestry
Bill Anderson will discuss groundfishing out of Tenant's Harbor from 1949 to 2000.
Maine Marine Fare: Speaker Series with Dr. George Jacobson
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesThursday, October 17
6:00pm
$8/person, $5/PMM member
PMM Old Vestry
Dr. George Jacobson, University of Maine Professor Emeritus of Biology, Ecology, and Climate Change and former Maine State Climatologist will speak about long-term climate change. His work provides perspective on natural variability in the Earth's climate system (everything from repeated ice ages to human intervention in the system) and ways that climate dynamics influence Gulf of Maine fisheries.
Last Night at the Museum
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesSaturday, October 19
Tickets $5 adults, $3 children, $12 families
Join the Nightwatch as they put the Museum to bed for the season and the portraits come alive to tell their stories. Family-friendly and all in good “spirit”. Tours leave every 15 minutes and last half an hour.
A Seacoast Village Christmas
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesFriday, December 6, 3:30pm-6pm
Free, donations welcome
Celebrate the season with Searsport and the Penobscot Marine Museum! Revel in holiday activities including the Town of Searsport’s tree lighting at 5:30pm on the Museum’s crescent.
Visit Santa, make your own Christmas ornament, shop for holiday gifts in the mobile Museum store, vote on your favorite gingerbread lighthouse, and enjoy refreshments in Old Vestry. Then walk or drive around the Penobscot Marine Museum campus to see doorways adorned with wreaths created by local businesses and organizations. A Seacoast Village Christmas wreaths will be illuminated from 4pm to 8pm Friday, December 6th through Sunday, December 8th.