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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  • Eric Hopkins: Shells – Fish – Shellfish

    Penobscot Marine Museum’s Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Art Gallery 11 Church St., Searsport, United States

    Monday, June 16
    Eric Hopkins: Shells – Fish – Shellfish
    Exhibit open (Artist’s reception Friday, July 25, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
    Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Art Gallery, 11 Church Street

    Free

  • Surry: The Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson

    Monday, June 16, 7:00 pm
    Historic Photography Lecture Series
    Surry: The Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson
    For more information contact Jane Lord 667-8054.
    Surry Historical Society, 1217 Rt. 172, Surry. Admission free.

    Free

  • Cardboard Boatbuilding Workshop

    Hamilton Learning Center 89 East Main St (Route One), Searsport, United States

    Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
    Cardboard Boatbuilding Workshop
    Come and learn how to build a cardboard boat that floats! Enter your creation in the Cardboard Boat Race at the Belfast Harbor Fest, August 15 - 17. Open to all ages.
    PMM’s Hamilton Learning Center, 89 East Main St (Route One), Searsport. Admission free.

    Free

  • Maine Sail Freight Project Pot Luck Dinner and Panel Discussion

    Sunday, June 22, 4:30 pm
    Maine Sail Freight Project Pot Luck Dinner and Panel Discussion
    A potluck dinner and panel discussion to explore the possibilities for a Maine Sail Freight Project. PMM is collaborating with Greenhorns, MOFGA and Maine Farmland Trust. Panelists include boat builder, sailor Lu Yoder, PMM curator Cipperly Good, and Patrick Kiley, Tianna Kennedy, and Severine Fleming, from the Vermont Sail Freight Project and the Greenhorns. The seating is limited so please email kgoldner@pmm-maine.org to reserve your seat. Tranquility Grange Hall, Upper Route 52, Lincolnville, Maine. Admission free with food.

    Free

  • Merchant Marine Interview Day

    PMM’s Stephen Phillips Memorial Library 11 Church St, Searsport, United States

    Tuesday, June 24, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
    Merchant Marine Interview Day
    PMM is partnering with the Seamen’s Church Institute to host a day of oral history interviews with merchant mariners. Mariners are invited to record their stories with SCI researchers as part of the American Merchant Marine Veterans Oral History Project. To schedule a time for an interview or for more information contact Michele Christle at michele.christle@gmail.com or at 603-781-9848.
    PMM’s Stephen Phillips Memorial Library, 11 Church St. Admission free.

    Free

  • Catching the Wind with Steve Hallee

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

    Thursday, June 26, 7:00 pm
    Thursday Night Lecture Series
    Catching the Wind with Steve Hallee

    Maine native, Science Teacher, Inventor and founder of Green Ridge Energy, Tecwind, Sensaflo and Silverleaf Instruments will discuss how wind is generated by the sun in our atmosphere on earth, how the ancients captured wind for sailing vessels and for wind power on land to grind corn and pump water. Details on how sails and windmill blades have changed over the years to optimize how much power they catch from the wind will be presented. The lecture will include the latest offshore wind power technology and the latest Sailing America's Cup designs will be discussed.

    PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Tickets $8 members and $10 non-members.

    $8 – $10

  • Maine 2014 Antique Paper Show: Postcards and Paper Collectibles

    Saturday, June 28, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Maine 2014 Antique Paper Show: Postcards and Paper Collectibles Over forty exhibitors, thousands of vintage postcards, old maps, paper ephemera, and Penobscot Marine Museum historic photographs. For more information call 207-749-1717. Congregational Church Vestry, Church Street, Searsport. Admission $2. For more information click here.

  • Talk and Book Signing: Cooking With Fire

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

    Tuesday, July 1, 7:00 pm
    Talk and Book Signing: Cooking With Fire
    Learn how to build your own wood-fired oven! Author, archaeologist and food historian Paula Marcoux talks about her new book, a comprehensive and often humorous examination of live-fire cooking across cultures and throughout the ages, with over 100 recipes.
    PMM’s Main Street Gallery.

    Free