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.
CANCELLED
Cottrell Boatbuilding builds traditional small craft. Whitehalls, Wherries,Tenders, Daysailers Dories and excels in traditional plank on frame construction. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.
Wednesday, September 3, 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Dinner and Forum: An Evening of Song & Quilts with Gee's Bend Quilters
Generously sponsored by Fiber College of Maine and the Emily and William Muir Community Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.
5:00 pm dinner is prepared and served by the Women's Fellowship of the Searsport Congregational Church. Profits from the evening will support the Interfaith Fuel Fund and the Searsport Congregational/Methodist Food Cupboard.
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, an evening of Songs and Stories shared by China Pettway, Lucy Mingo, Stella Mae Pettway and Revil Mosely of Gee's Bend, hosted by Suzette McAvoy, director of the Maine Center of Contemporary Art. The evening of gospel singing (during which two quilts will be raffled) at the Searsport Congregational Church.
For tickets and more information call 548-6059 or go to www.fibercollege.org
Wednesday, September 3, 7:00 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Everett “Red” Boutilier Collection with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson
For more information midcoastarchaeology@roadrunner.com
Newcastle Historical Society, Newcastle Fire House/Community Room on River Road, Newcastle. Admission free.
NELG promotes the making, collecting, and studying of all laces throughout the New England area. Many 19th century portraits in Penobscot Marine Museum show women wearing hand-made lace. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.
Tuesday, September 9
The Photography of Antonia Small
Exhibit open (Artist’s Reception September 13)
PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Free with PMM admission.
Thursday, September 11, 7:00 pm
Maine Boatbuilders Forum: Boat Builders of West Penobscot Bay, Stockton to Port Clyde With boatbuilder Jason Constantine: North End Composites and Back Cove Yachts, Rockland.
PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Tickets $8 members and $10 non-members.
For Tickets, click here
Thursday, September 25, 7:00 pm
Thursday Night Lecture Series
Floating Offshore Wind: Becoming a Reality with Dr. Andrew Goupee
Dr. Goupee is the Libra Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine and has performed research in the areas of solid mechanics, geophysics and marine renewable energy.
Click Here to purchase tickets online.
Thursday, September 25, 7:00 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Brooklin: The Postcard View with Kevin Johnson
For more information www.brooklinkeepingsociety.org or 207-359-8880.
Brooklin Keeping Society, 23 Bay Road, Brooklin. Admission free.
Tonka truck repair workshops will be held at Searsport Motor Company, 315 E. Main St. in Searsport on Saturday, September 27, 9:00 am to noon as part of Searsport’s annual Fling Into Fall celebration on October 10 and 11
CANCELED
Sam Matinelli will demonstrate the making of hand-made oars. Sam is an oarmaker with Shaw & Tenney, makers of oars and paddles in Maine since 1958. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group.
Free with PMM admission.
