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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  • 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 skettell@pmm-maine.org

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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

  • 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”.