Special Events at PMM

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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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  • Ripped from the Headlines Volunteer Meeting

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Interested in local history or storytelling? Consider joining the cast of Penobscot Marine Museums Ripped from the Headlines: Tales of Bravery, Shipwrecks, and Courage at Sea 2023! You can help bring the past to life and be a part of history! Celebrating Searsport's rich maritime tradition, Ripped from the Headlines volunteers read or reenact the […]

  • Member Monday – Wabanaki Items at Penobscot Marine Museum

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    As a 2023 spring semester intern, Delilah O’Heidhin’s project was to locate, create a bibliography of, and create a finding aid for Wabanaki items within the Penobscot Marine Museum.  This video is about a few Wabanaki items and what we can learn from them. Delilah O'Heidhin, is a University of Southern Maine History Major graduating […]

  • Artist Talk: Pim Van Hemmen Discusses In Extremis | Historic Ships in America

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    In conjunction with his photography exhibit, In Extremis: Historic Ships in America, photographer Pim Van Hemmen will give an illustrated talk. His photographs, printed very large on aluminum, are stunning to say the least. They provide the viewer with the sense of scale and age of these ocean faring vessels. Each of the ships depicted […]

    $5

  • Your Local Library + Museum: Searsport Women at Home and at Sea

    Carver Memorial Library 12 Union Street, Searsport, ME, United States

    We often hear stories about the Searsport captains who went to sea. But what about the women who joined their husbands on long voyages or spent months or years at […]

  • Ripped from the Headlines: Tales of Life on the Bay & Summer People

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Click here to see available time slots and register Celebrating Searsport’s rich Maritime tradition, volunteers will bring local history to life, dramatically reading or reenacting newspaper stories! This year’s event […]

    $8 – $10

  • Jr. Adventurers – Lobsters

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Maine is known for its lobsters, but do you really know about lobsters? Learn some fun facts about lobsters and how they are caught during this drop-in Jr. Adventurers programming. […]

  • E.B. White at Night, co-hosted by Carver Memorial Library

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    July 11th, 5:30-8:00 pm After visiting Maine during childhood summers, writer and children’s author E.B. White eventually settled in Brooklin, Maine. On the 124th anniversary of E.B. White’s birth, join […]

    $5

  • Jr. Adventurers – Boats

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Do you row your boat? Sail it? Does it have a motor? Young visitors will enjoy learning about boat basics with their families during this Jr. Adventurers program, including making […]

  • Jr. Adventurers – Signal Flags

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    July 19th, 11am-3pm How would you talk to someone far away if you didn’t have a telephone? This Jr. Adventurers programming is all about signal flags. When Maine ships and […]