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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  • Speaker: Maine in the China Trade

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Thursday, May 30, 6pm
    $5 for members, $8 for non-members

    Drugs, armed conflict, and free trade. Sound familiar? The First Opium War of the early 1840s, with British and Chinese fighting over the opium trade and Chinese sovereignty, opened up Chinese ports to the world. Maine's merchant mariners aboard Maine-built ships soon thereafter entered the Chinese import and export trade. The trade aboard Maine-built ships lasted into the turn of the 20th Century. In the meantime, Maine sea captains and their families brought back souvenirs, stories, and an economic understanding of China.

  • Vintage Postcard Show

    Searsport First Congregational Church 8 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Organized by Brewster Harding
    Saturday, June 15, 8:30am-2pm
    $2/person

    The Brewster Harding Vintage Postcard Show includes thousands of vintage postcards, old maps, historic photographs, sheet music, and paper ephemera. Free appraisals for your paper collectibles will be available from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

  • Junior Adventurers: Knots

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

    Wednesday, June 19
    11am and lasts half an hour to one hour
    Included with Museum admission.

    Find out more about how sailors use knots and how we use knots in our daily lives. Starting with a reading of Look! I Can Tie My Shoes, participants will try out different sailors’ knots, make their own knot jewelry, and go on a scavenger hunt looking for knots around the Museum.

    Sponsored by Wayne Hamilton in memory of Loraine Hamilton.

  • Speaker: Where in the World with John Worth

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Thursday, June 20, 6pm
    $8/person, $5/PMM member

    Where in the World is John Worth? John Worth spent his life driving tugs, windjammers, and other workboats on Penobscot Bay. This past year, he took off on a retirement trip, "The Kite" by water; come hear about the ports he visited and the adventures he had traveling up the Hudson, Erie Canal, St. Lawrence, and down the Chambly Canal, through Lake Champlain, and back out the Hudson. Presented in conjunction with the Maine Retired Skippers.

    Sponsored by Hamilton Marine

  • Knot Your Ordinary Weekend

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

    June 22 and June 23, 12pm-4pm
    Free with Museum admission.

    Discover all about knots and their uses in maritime Maine. Enjoy demonstrations, vendors, and special hands-on activities. Check website or Facebook page for more information and a complete schedule.

  • Knot Your Ordinary Weekend

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

    June 22 and June 23, 12pm-4pm
    Free with Museum admission.

    Discover all about knots and their uses in maritime Maine. Enjoy demonstrations, vendors, and special hands-on activities. Check website or Facebook page for more information and a complete schedule.

  • Junior Adventurers: Fish

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

    Wednesday, June 26
    11am and lasts half an hour to one hour
    Included with Museum admission

    Enjoy a story time reading of The Rainbow Fish. Additional activities will include visiting the Gone Fishing exhibit, making a fish craft, and more.

    Sponsored by Wayne Hamilton in memory of Loraine Hamilton.

  • Speaker: Weather with Capt. Daniel S. Parrott

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Thursday, June 27, 6pm
    $8/person, $5/PMM member

    Capt. Daniel S. Parrott, Professor of Marine Transportation at Maine Maritime Academy will discuss weather phenomena relating to the operation of tall ships, both from a historical perspective and from personal experience.

    Sponsored by Hamilton Marine

  • Shadowbox Workshop

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

    Saturday, June 29, 10am-Noon
    $20/person, $5 PMM members
    All ages, children under age 8 must have an adult helper.

    Make your own maritime shadowbox to take home! Inspired by shadowboxes and other maritime art in the PMM collection. Participants will create their own work of art. All materials are all provided. Participants are welcome to bring their own wood, glass, etc. box if desired. Includes Museum admission.