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Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529

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For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].

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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 [email protected] 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

Children’s Program: The Mighty Cod

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

Wednesday, July 9, 11:00 am to noon
Children’s Program: The Mighty Cod
A hands-on program with Mayra Donnell. Uncover the secrets of cod, how the early colonists fished, preserved and cooked this unique fish. Discover the mysteries of the fishing grounds and why explorers risked their lives looking for cod.
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.

Free with museum admission

Maine Boatbuilding Forum: Maine Port Pilots Remember Capt. Bill Abbott

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

Captain William Abbott, a 1945 graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, spent fifty years piloting vessels into many ports including those of the Penobscot River and Bay. Many of Maine’s port pilots were mentored by Capt. Abbott. They will share memories and lessons learned from Capt. Bill Abbott as they honor his legacy of providing safe passage through difficult waters.

Free

Children’s Program: Happy Birthday E.B. White!

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

Friday, July 11, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Children’s Program: Happy Birthday E.B. White!
Come celebrate E.B. White’s birthday with cake and a craft project and a reading from Stuart Little, and a look at E.B. White’s boat in the PMM collection.
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.

Free with museum admission

Maine Antique Power Association Show

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

Saturday, July 12, all day
Maine Antique Power Association Show
Gasoline/Kerosene engines of all types, including stationary and marine, steam and hot air engines, gas and steam models, air compressors, outboards, lawn mowers, circular saws, wood splitters, churns, grinders, pumps, generators, drag saws, farm and garden tractors. PMM’s Crescent. Admission free.

Free