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.
The Saturday Sessions at Penobscot Marine Museum will feature a different local musical artist every week. Different ages, different genres, one person, or a whole band! Come once or come often to explore the musical culture of Searsport and beyond. Performances will take place Saturdays from May 25 through October 5 at 3pm. Free, donations […]
Maine is known for its lobsters, but do you really know about lobsters? Learn some fun facts about lobsters and how they are caught during this drop-in Junior Adventurers programming. Get a little more out of your visit to Penobscot Marine Museum when you stop by during Junior Adventurers! These weekly drop-in programs are designed for children […]
Join in or just enjoy songs of the sea led by PMM staff and volunteers. Have a sea chantey or sailors’ song to share? You can lead one, too! Sea chanteying takes place every Thursday from May 23 through October 10, and starts at 4pm and lasts a half hour (or more). Great for all […]
Visit Penobscot Marine Museum for free when you come to Searsport’s Independence Day festivities on Saturday, July 6! Free admission all day!
The Saturday Sessions at Penobscot Marine Museum will feature a different local musical artist every week. Different ages, different genres, one person, or a whole band! Come once or come often to explore the musical culture of Searsport and beyond. Performances will take place Saturdays from May 25 through October 5 at 3pm. Free, donations […]
Visit Penobscot Marine Museum for free during Searsport Art Walks! We have a lot going on for visitors to choose from. Enjoy an ongoing shell art craft for all ages. Listen to a local performer from 3pm-4pm. Go on a themed walking tour of the PMM campus. Tours last 25-40 minutes and are free or […]
Do you row your boat? Sail it? Does it have a motor? Young visitors will enjoy learning about boat basics with their families during this Junior Adventurers program, including making a paper boat and floating in it in our washtub. Get a little more out of your visit to Penobscot Marine Museum when you stop […]
After visiting Maine during childhood summers, writer and children’s author E.B. White eventually settled in Brooklin, Maine. On the 124th anniversary of E.B. White’s birth, join the Penobscot Marine Museum and Carver Memorial Library for an afternoon celebrating the author. Visit the FAINT ENDEAVOR, a sailing dinghy once owned by White, and enjoy the museum’s […]
Join in or just enjoy songs of the sea led by PMM staff and volunteers. Have a sea chantey or sailors’ song to share? You can lead one, too! Sea chanteying takes place every Thursday from May 23 through October 10, and starts at 4pm and lasts a half hour (or more). Great for all […]
