40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
Lectures, Workshops, Events
For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].
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.
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 [email protected] to reserve your seat. Tranquility Grange Hall, Upper Route 52, Lincolnville, Maine. Admission free with food.
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.
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.
Friday, June 27, 7:00 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Montville: A Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Matthew Wheeler
Kingdom Schoolhouse, next door to the Montville Town Office, 414 Center Rd, Montville. Admission free.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, July 9, 7:00 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Franklin: A Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Matthew Wheeler
Franklin Historical Society, 249 Hog Bay Road, Franklin. Admission free.
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.
