Weather or Knot? and Where in the World? Exhibit Opening Reception
Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United StatesFriday, May 24, 5pm-7pm
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Special Events at PMM
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For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].
Speaker: Maine in the China Trade
Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United StatesThursday, May 30, 6pm
$5 for members, $8 for non-members
Drugs, armed conflict, and free trade. Sound familiar? The First Opium War of the early 1840s, with British and Chinese fighting over the opium trade and Chinese sovereignty, opened up Chinese ports to the world. Maine's merchant mariners aboard Maine-built ships soon thereafter entered the Chinese import and export trade. The trade aboard Maine-built ships lasted into the turn of the 20th Century. In the meantime, Maine sea captains and their families brought back souvenirs, stories, and an economic understanding of China.
Vintage Postcard Show
Searsport First Congregational Church 8 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesOrganized by Brewster Harding
Saturday, June 15, 8:30am-2pm
$2/person
The Brewster Harding Vintage Postcard Show includes thousands of vintage postcards, old maps, historic photographs, sheet music, and paper ephemera. Free appraisals for your paper collectibles will be available from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
Junior Adventurers: Knots
PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesWednesday, June 19
11am and lasts half an hour to one hour
Included with Museum admission.
Find out more about how sailors use knots and how we use knots in our daily lives. Starting with a reading of Look! I Can Tie My Shoes, participants will try out different sailors’ knots, make their own knot jewelry, and go on a scavenger hunt looking for knots around the Museum.
Sponsored by Wayne Hamilton in memory of Loraine Hamilton.
Speaker: Where in the World with John Worth
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesThursday, June 20, 6pm
$8/person, $5/PMM member
Where in the World is John Worth? John Worth spent his life driving tugs, windjammers, and other workboats on Penobscot Bay. This past year, he took off on a retirement trip, "The Kite" by water; come hear about the ports he visited and the adventures he had traveling up the Hudson, Erie Canal, St. Lawrence, and down the Chambly Canal, through Lake Champlain, and back out the Hudson. Presented in conjunction with the Maine Retired Skippers.
Sponsored by Hamilton Marine
Knot Your Ordinary Weekend
PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesJune 22 and June 23, 12pm-4pm
Free with Museum admission.
Discover all about knots and their uses in maritime Maine. Enjoy demonstrations, vendors, and special hands-on activities. Check website or Facebook page for more information and a complete schedule.
Knot Your Ordinary Weekend
PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesJune 22 and June 23, 12pm-4pm
Free with Museum admission.
Discover all about knots and their uses in maritime Maine. Enjoy demonstrations, vendors, and special hands-on activities. Check website or Facebook page for more information and a complete schedule.
Junior Adventurers: Fish
PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesWednesday, June 26
11am and lasts half an hour to one hour
Included with Museum admission
Enjoy a story time reading of The Rainbow Fish. Additional activities will include visiting the Gone Fishing exhibit, making a fish craft, and more.
Sponsored by Wayne Hamilton in memory of Loraine Hamilton.
Speaker: Weather with Capt. Daniel S. Parrott
PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesThursday, June 27, 6pm
$8/person, $5/PMM member
Capt. Daniel S. Parrott, Professor of Marine Transportation at Maine Maritime Academy will discuss weather phenomena relating to the operation of tall ships, both from a historical perspective and from personal experience.
Sponsored by Hamilton Marine
Shadowbox Workshop
PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United StatesSaturday, June 29, 10am-Noon
$20/person, $5 PMM members
All ages, children under age 8 must have an adult helper.
Make your own maritime shadowbox to take home! Inspired by shadowboxes and other maritime art in the PMM collection. Participants will create their own work of art. All materials are all provided. Participants are welcome to bring their own wood, glass, etc. box if desired. Includes Museum admission.