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.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
Free admission all day for children 17 and under.
Celebrate E.B. White’s 119th birthday with us! There will be cake and a chance to make a clothespin Stuart Little and model boat to sail on our pond and take home afterwards. PMM is home to E.B. White’s sailing dinghy the FAINT ENDEAVOR.
Admissions Center
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Ken Weeks builds canoes in the traditional manner in Blue Hill. He will compare the building of a birch bark canoe in miniature with the 42 foot model currently under construction.
July 18 at 11:00 am
Cost: Admission plus $2 per child. (Admission is free for Searsport and Stockton Springs residents and Museum members.)
Beginning with a reading of “Giants in the Land” by Diana Applebaum, participants will also enjoy visiting the logging exhibit, making a scratchboard drawing, and more. Peapod Programs last 30 minutes to an hour.
Admissions Center
Cost: $5 for members, $8 for non-members
Nic Damuck owns BlueJacket Shipcrafters Inc. in Searsport. He will discuss his background as a model maker and what inspires others to build.
July 25 at 11:00 am
Cost: Admission plus $2 per child. (Admission is free for Searsport and Stockton Springs residents and Museum members.)
Enjoy a story time reading of “Salty Dog” by Gloria Rand. Additional activities will include making an origami boat, sailing it on the model pond, and more.
This event has been canceled.
July 26; 5:30-6:30pm
Cost: $5 for members, $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.
July 27-28; 10am-3pm
Boatbuilder Greg Rossel will teach participants how to make templates from an existing set of plans and build a half model. Day two will show how to take lines from a model and start a second half model. Class materials will include a selection of woods.
August 1 at 11:00 am
Cost: Admission plus $2 per child. (Admission is free for Searsport and Stockton Springs residents and Museum members.)
After a reading of “Sailing Home” by Gloria Rand, participants will take a special tour of the Ship Captain’s house and discover more about what life at sea was like for children.
August 1 at 7:00 pm
At Bayside Community Hall
813 Shore Road, Northport
Join Bob Witherill and PMM Photo Archivist, Kevin Johnson, as they explore the steamboat era. Presented by the Bayside Historical Society.
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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