Join PMM for a presentation about the new book Working the Sea, written by Michael Crowley, and featuring 100 photographs from our National Fisherman collection.

Join us as we celebrate the long-awaited release of Working the Sea! Michael Crowley, a Contributing Editor and Field Editor for National Fisherman, started this effort during the Covid pandemic, painstakingly looking through and selecting around 100 photographs from the tens of thousands of photos that make up our National Fisherman photo collection. He then researched and […]

In this Member Monday program, education director Jeana Ganskop will explore the history of Maine’s fascinating lime industry. People took rock out of the ground, burned it into something new, […]

Wayne Hamilton is well known around here for many things. He started the state's largest marine supply store (Hamilton Marine), is the Searsport Harbor Master, a PMM Board Member, and former Board […]

Our March Member Monday will feature our curator Cipperly Good.  While the Maine sardine industry was well documented with oral histories during its heyday in the 20th century, not much has been recorded […]

Our April Member Monday will feature Executive Director Karen Smith, who will offer insights into the American Alliance of Museums accreditation process. We invite you to join us to hear more about the […]

For years the sardine industry was a major enterprise and what many remember were the sardine carriers plying the coast bringing the catch to market. The early boats evolved into […]

The sardine industry supported Maine coastal communities for well over a century. The workforce in canneries included thousands of women, even more than the number of men fishing for herring. […]

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation funded a recent project to expand cataloging of 600 log books, ledgers, and customs records in the PMM collections. Join us to learn how the […]

Homeschool families are invited to Penobscot Marine Museum for a museum visit featuring hands-on educational activities for all ages. Participants will tour the Fowler-True-Ross House to hear about Searsport sea […]