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40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529

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For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].

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A Yankee Expeditioner’s Thoughts on the Penobscot Expedition

Admissions Center 5 Church St, Searsport, ME, United States

This event has been canceled.
July 26; 5:30-6:30pm

Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members

The Penobscot Expedition, during the Revolutionary War, was the worst naval disaster in American history until Pearl Harbor. David Middleton, a costumed interpreter, will discuss the failures of the assault on Magabigaduce (Castine) and the consequences to the Mid-coast and Penobscot regions of Maine.

Half Model and Lines Drawing Class

Hamilton Learning Center 89 East Main St (Route One), Searsport, United States

July 27-28; 10am-3pm

Boatbuilder Greg Rossel will teach participants how to make templates from an existing set of plans and build a half model. Day two will show how to take lines from a model and start a second half model. Class materials will include a selection of woods.

$250

Peapod Programs: Children at Sea

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

August 1 at 11:00 am
Cost: Admission plus $2 per child. (Admission is free for Searsport and Stockton Springs residents and Museum members.)

After a reading of “Sailing Home” by Gloria Rand, participants will take a special tour of the Ship Captain’s house and discover more about what life at sea was like for children.

PMM on the Road: Steamboat Fever Revisited

August 1 at 7:00 pm
At Bayside Community Hall
813 Shore Road, Northport

Join Bob Witherill and PMM Photo Archivist, Kevin Johnson, as they explore the steamboat era. Presented by the Bayside Historical Society.

Gala & Auction 2018

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

Friday evening, August 3

Dinner with silent and live auctions
On the Penobscot Marine Museum campus
For more information call 207.548.2529 or email [email protected]

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Searsport Heritage Days Homecoming Model Display

PMM Model Pond 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

Cost: Free with Museum Admission

Searsport celebrates its maritime history this weekend, join us to see models built and used by our maritime forefathers and foremothers. Call ahead to reserve your spot.

Peapod Programs: Lobsters

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

August 8 at 11:00 am
Cost: Admission plus $2 per child. (Admission is free for Searsport and Stockton Springs residents and Museum members.)

Discover lobsters and the lobster industry through a reading of Dahlov Ipcar’s “Lobsterman,” visiting lobster boats on exhibit, trying out “Penny” PMM’s model lobster boat, and more!

Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

Admissions Center 5 Church St, Searsport, ME, United States

Cost: Free

Join author Jonathan White as he explores sea level rise, tide-generated electricity, the relation of sea- and land-creatures (including humans) to the tides and the moon, how tides are slowing the earth’s rotation and making the day longer, and why scientists have been maddened by the problem of explaining the tides for thousands of years.

Free

The “Great War” in Review

Admissions Center 5 Church St, Searsport, ME, United States

Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members

In 2018, we commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of the “Great War”. Historian Paul Biddle provides insights into what led the United States to enter the war and how that influenced the outcome of the war.

Off Campus Illustrated Photo Talk

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor, ME, United States

Tuesday, August 21, 2018
5:00 pm
Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow Street, Bangor, Maine

Matt Wheeler will present an overview of the museum's photo collections, focusing on prominent holdings and more recent acquisitions. PMM is committed to digitizing its collections and publishing the images, along with available information, online for free public access.

As with other collections, PMM's photographs--numbering over 300,000--originated in the Penobscot Bay region, but their geographic scope is wide-ranging, since some of our photographers travelled the country and the world. The talk will reveal some of their stories, and of course be accompanied by a generous heap of engaging images.

Free