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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  • Maritime Craft Workshops for Teens—Shell Art

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Get inspired to create shell art by the Victorians’ love of decorating with items from nature. Choose to make a wreath, picture frame, sailors’ valentine, or a rectangular piece with shells, sand, seeds, and beads. A visit to the museum’s shell art pieces on display will provide added inspiration. Cost: $30 To make our programming […]

    $45

  • Penobscot Rising & Penobscot Homeward on the HARVEY GAMAGE

    Bucksport Municipal Dock 88 Front Street, Bucksport, ME, United States

    Penobscot Marine Museum is excited to partner with the Marine Learning Project for a special day of sailing and storytelling aboard the historic schooner HARVEY GAMAGE. The day features two separate voyages along the Penobscot River. The morning sail, Penobscot Rising, travels from Bucksport to Bangor, with stories of the river’s maritime history shared by […]

    $190

  • Shell Art Workshop

    Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

    Get inspired to create shell art by the Victorians’ love of decorating with items from nature. Choose to make a wreath, picture frame, sailors’ valentine, or a rectangular piece with […]

    $50

  • POP Studies: Intro to Digitizing Photos for Cultural Heritage

    POP Studies: Into to Digitizing Photos for Cultural Heritage
    Belfast Free Library 106 High St., Belfast, ME, United States

    This hands-on course offers a practical introduction to digitizing cultural heritage photographs, helping museums, historical societies, and similar organizations plan and launch successful digital projects. Drawing on Penobscot Marine Museum’s experience since 2005, the course covers essential topics like project assessment, equipment and software selection, fundraising, and best practices for image capture and file management. […]

    $60

  • Belfast Harbor Fest

    Steamboat Landing Belfast Heritage Park Belfast, ME, United States

    Visit our mobile Sardineland booth at Belfast Harbor Fest. You can try your hand at cutting and packing our (plastic) sardines, take your photo as a sardine cannery worker, share your sardine-related memories, and find out more about Penobscot Marine Museum.

  • Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival

    Horton Emerson Park Water Street, Blue Hill, ME, United States

    Visit our mobile Sardineland booth at Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival. You can try your hand at cutting and packing our (plastic) sardines, take your photo as a sardine cannery […]

  • No Sleep ’Til Brooklin: Reception & Slideshow

    Rockbound Chapel 718 Reach Rd., Brooklin, ME, United States

    Pack Dodge and the Haven Colony, 1900–1930Reception & Slideshow: August 19, 6–8 p.m.Location: Rockbound Chapel, 718 Reach Rd., Brooklin, ME Free, donations welcome Discover the story of Brooklin's Haven Colony through the […]

  • Camden Windjammer Festival

    Camden Waterfront

    Visit our mobile Sardineland booth at Camden Windjammer Festival. You can try your hand at cutting and packing our (plastic) sardines, take your photo as a sardine cannery worker, share […]