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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  • Dinner and Forum: An Evening of Song & Quilts with Gee’s Bend Quilters, sponsored by Fiber College of Maine.

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

    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

  • The Photography of Antonia Small

    Main Street Gallery 40 East Main Street, Searsport, United States

    Tuesday, September 9
    The Photography of Antonia Small
    Exhibit open (Artist’s Reception September 13)
    PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Free with PMM admission.

    Free with museum admission

  • Maine Boatbuilders Forum: Boat Builders of West Penobscot Bay, Stockton to Port Clyde

    Main Street Gallery 40 East Main Street, Searsport, United States

    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.

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    $8 – $10

  • Floating Offshore Wind: Becoming a Reality with Dr. Andrew Goupee

    Main Street Gallery 40 East Main Street, Searsport, United States

    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.

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    $8 – $10

  • Brooklin: The Postcard View with Kevin Johnson

    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.

    Free

  • Sam Matinelli will demonstrate the making of hand-made oars

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    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.

    Free with museum admission