Special Events at PMM

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.

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  • Sources of Inspiration: Al Ross, Model Planmaker

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

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

    Al Ross designs model plans for BlueJacket Shipcrafters Inc. in Searsport. He will discuss which designs inspire him the most and why.

  • Sources of inspiration with Ralph Stanley

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    August 25, 2018
    11:00 am to 2:00 pm
    Free with Museum Admission

    Ralph Stanley will be showing off some of the half models he has built and talking about how he uses them to build full size models.

  • Sources of Inspiration: Cassie Stymest, Educator

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

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

    Educational Passages’s Program Director Cassie Stymest explains how they use GPS-equipped models to spread ocean and environmental literacy.  Classrooms around the world follow the models and explore oceanic phenomena.

  • Off Campus Program- Franklin County: The Postcard View

    Monday, September 24, 2018
    6:00pm
    Free (if attending the dinner, please bring a dish to share)
    Farmington’s North Church
    118 High Street, Farmington

    Join Penobscot Marine Museum’s Kevin Johnson and Farmington Historical Society members for a Public Potluck Dinner followed by a program by PMM Photo Archivist, Kevin Johnson. Kevin will present Franklin County: The Postcard View; Selections from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company”.

  • A Yankee Expeditioner’s Thoughts on the Penobscot Expedition

    PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    October 4
    5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    PMM Visitors Center
    $5 for members and $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.

  • Fling into Fall Model Pumpkin Boat Competition

    Penobscot Marine Museum Crescent 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Saturday, October 6th
    1pm-3pm
    $5 registration fee
    Penobscot Marine Museum Crescent

    The model boats in Penobscot Marine Museum’s temporary exhibit, “Sailing Small: Small Boats, Big Ideas” are made of many different materials from paper to plastic. 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 6th 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!

    $5

  • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Children’s Explorer Camp

    October 8th
    9am-4pm
    Ages 5-10
    $40/$30 member

    When school is out for Columbus Day, what are the kids going to do? Drop them off at the Penobscot Marine Museum’s day camp all about fish! Through crafts, games, songs, and special exhibit visits, we will explore the fish and other animals living off the Maine Coast. Bring a bag lunch. 

    Questions? Ready to register? 
    Call 207-548-2529 or email jganskop@pmm-maine.org

  • Boat Building in Lubec

    PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    October 11
    5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    PMM Visitors Center
    $5 for members and $8 for non-members

  • Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse

    PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    October 18
    5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    PMM Visitors Center
    $5 for members and $8 for non-members

    Judy Chandler's grandparents ran the Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse. They raised twelve children at this remote lighthouse accessible by foot only at low tide or by boat. Using family photos, hear about her family's adventures and experience living in a lighthouse.

  • Last Night at the Museum…

    PMM Visitors Center 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    October 20, 2018
    5pm-7pm
    $5 per person

    Footsteps walk across the floor upstairs when no one is there. Voices are heard, a presence is felt. There are stories from the people who work at the Penobscot Marine Museum about unexplained circumstances in the museum buildings. This is your chance to hear them. Are the ghost stories real? You decide. This special tour starts with museum staff sharing descriptions of spooky encounters at the museum and proceeds with a flashlight tour of the Fowler-True-Ross House. Discover the true stories behind the artifacts but beware – you may leave with a new story about a ghostly encounter. Tours will start every 15 minutes and will become spookier as the night goes on. Tours leave from the PMM Visitors Center. To reserve your time slot, call 207-548-2529.