Penobscot Marine Museum’s campus is currently closed for the winter. We’ll re-open in May 2026.
40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, July 15, 7:00 pm
Special Lecture
About Ship Modeling with Nic Damuck
Everything you every wanted to know about ship models and more! Bluejacket Ship Crafters owner Nic Damuck has been making models for over thirty years. Come hear about the fascinating world of exquisite wooden ship models which has devotees around the globe. Be inspired!
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Wednesday, July 16, 11:00 am to noon
Children’s Program: Making Candles
A 19th century craft program with Alice Seeger. Candles were an important source of lighting on ships and in homes in the 18th and 19th centuries. Join us for a candle making workshop to create your own pair of hand-dipped tapers.
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Friday, July 18, 10:30 am
Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
Bring your children and join Heather Davis in making an art project based on an object in the PMM collection.
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
