Special Events at PMM

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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.

Starting with a single piece of cotton rope, create your own sailors’ knot wreath! The first half of the workshop will be instruction and practice tying a flat Turk’s head […]

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 […]

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, […]

Sailors’ Valentines are a form of seashell art that sailors brought home to their loved ones. Most Sailors’ Valentines were made in the West Indies, on the island of Barbados, […]

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 […]

From Paul Bunyan to Mom’s story about the giant fish that gets bigger with each retelling, coastal Maine is rich with fish stories and tall tales. During this camp participants […]