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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  • A Rural Life for ME: Stories from Maine Elders

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

    with Meghan Vigeant 
    Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
    PMM’s Stephen Phillips Memorial Library
    9 Church Street

    Author and personal historian Meghan Vigeant shares stories and plays audio recordings about Maine’s hardscrabble rural life gathered from the elders, larger-than-life characters, and tricksters she has worked with over the years. Stories range from building a cabin in the back woods for only $97 to how to mend a broken leg on a remote island. Touching, funny, and well told – this presentation is sure to entertain as well as inform anyone who wants to save someone's story.

  • The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries 

    University of Maine Hutchinson Center 80 Belmont Avenue, Belfast, United States

    History Conference
    Saturday, April 8, 2017
    8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    University of Maine Hutchinson Center
    80 Belmont Ave., Belfast, Maine

    Student: $30
    Museum Members: $50
    Teacher/Non-Profit Employee: $50
    Non-members: $60

    This year’s History Conference delves into statement: Human innovation and technology have proven to be too successful for the health of our fisheries and our local ecosystem.  Our line-up of scientists, historians, journalists, activists, consumers and fishermen will answer the question:

    How did this happen and what do we do now?

    Register Online

  • Postcards From Freedom: On the Road with the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company

    April 12, 2017
    6:30-9:30
    Freedom Historical Society

    Please join PMM photo archivist Matt Wheeler for an informal illustrated talk about Belfast's own real photo postcard company, which opened its doors in 1909 and specialized in familiar views of small town and rural life throughout New England. The presentation will include many historic images of Freedom and surrounding towns; the audience is encouraged to share their knowledge and stories of the village in decades past.

  • Brooksville, Maine: The Postcard View

    "Brooksville, Maine: The Postcard View"
    Wednesday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m.
    Brooksville Public Library
    1 Town House Rd, Brooksville, ME 04617
    Free

    Photo Archivist, Kevin Johnson, will present Brooksville Maine: The Postcard View; Selections from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company” at the Brooksville Free Public Library. The slide show and talk will consist of a short film about the postcard company as well as the historical views of Brooksville and surrounding towns. 

  • Ocean Frontiers III Film & Panel Discussion

    The Strand Theatre 345 Main St, Rockland, ME, United States

    Ocean Frontiers III is a powerful film that chronicles efforts to plan for the healthy, safe, and sustainable future of our oceans. It explores the intersection of national security, maritime commerce, fishing, and recreation, plus expanding industries such as offshore wind energy and aquaculture, coupled with scientific discovery, and tells the story of how ocean planning helps us manage and balance all the uses of our ocean to keep it thriving for generations to come.

    The evening will begin with a light reception, followed by the film and post-film Q&A with a panel of local experts.

  • Volunteer Day and Yale Day of Service

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Join us behind the scenes at PMM!
    Volunteer Day and Yale Day of Service
    This Saturday, May 6, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

    Come volunteer at the Museum and help us get ready for opening day. Great food, great people. See history up close. We provide the brooms and mops, you provide the elbow grease.

    For more information call us at 207-548-2529. We thank you and we look forward to seeing you here!

  • Celebrating Ralph Stanley

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Celebrating Ralph Stanley
    Saturday, May 27, 1 pm to 5 pm
    $1 museum admission all day
    Join us for an afternoon of boat talk and music as we celebrate the career and talents of MDI
    boatbuilder and National Heritage Fellow Ralph Stanley.

  • Catherine Schmitt, “Penobscot River Dams”

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

    Catherine Schmitt, “Penobscot River Dams”
    Thursday, June 1, 7 pm
    Visitors Center, 2 Church St.
    Cost: $8, $5 Members
    Join Catherine for a discussion of how dams and other environmental changes have affected salmon in the past, and how current efforts are working to restore salmon to their traditional spawning grounds.

  • The Meaning of Penobscot Bay

    Merithew and Fowler True Ross Houses Church St., Searsport, United States

    Thursday, June 15
    6pm to 7pm
    Penobscot Marine Museum, Merithew House

    Join 7th graders from Searsport District Middle School for an exploration of the role Penobscot Bay plays in the lives of individuals and communities in the region.