Eric Hopkins: Shells – Fish – Shellfish
Monday, June 16
Eric Hopkins: Shells – Fish – Shellfish
Exhibit open (Artist’s reception Friday, July 25, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Art Gallery, 11 Church Street
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For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].
Calendar of Events
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Talk and Book Signing: Cooking With Fire
Talk and Book Signing: Cooking With Fire
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.
Free
3 events,
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Children’s Program: The Mighty Cod
Children’s Program: The Mighty Cod
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.
Free with museum admission
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Franklin: A Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Matthew Wheeler
Franklin: A Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Matthew Wheeler
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.
Free
2 events,
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Maine Boatbuilding Forum: Maine Port Pilots Remember Capt. Bill Abbott
Maine Boatbuilding Forum: Maine Port Pilots Remember Capt. Bill Abbott
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.
Free
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Happy Birthday E.B. White!
Children’s Program: Happy Birthday E.B. White!
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.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Maine Antique Power Association Show
Maine Antique Power Association Show
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.
Free
2 events,
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About Ship Modeling with Nic Damuck
About Ship Modeling with Nic Damuck
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!
Click Here to purchase tickets online.
$8 – $10
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Making Candles
Children’s Program: Making Candles
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.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
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.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Children’s Program: The Mighty Cod
Children’s Program: The Mighty Cod
Wednesday, July 23, 11:00 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.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Reading Corner
Children’s Program: Reading Corner
Friday, July 25, 10:30 am
Children’s Program: Reading Corner
Come listen to excerpts from the children’s classic The Little Fisherman read out loud.
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Talk and Book Signing: Sea of Liberty
Talk and Book Signing: Sea of Liberty
Sea of Liberty is the third book in a series of historical novels based on the storied maritime history of Kevin Mills’ ancestors. It comes from years of research on his family history, which include privateer Eligood Mills. Family legend states that he sailed on the vessel Grand Turk and was captured by the British. Kevin Mills grew up in Gorham, Maine and is an award-winning sports writer and journalist who has written for the Boston Globe and Portland Press Herald. PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Admission free.
Free
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Build a Wind Platform
Children’s Program: Build a Wind Platform
Wednesday, July 30, 11:00 to noon
Children’s Program: Build a Wind Platform
A hands-on program with an educator from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Learn to design, build, implement and test wind power technology components similar to those being used in an extensive UMaine research program in deep water offshore wind power.
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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The Gulf of Maine – It’s a Habitat First with Mark Dittrick
The Gulf of Maine – It’s a Habitat First with Mark Dittrick
Thursday, July 31, 7:00 pm
Thursday Night Lecture Series
The Gulf of Maine – It’s a Habitat First with Mark Dittrick
Mark Dittrick is the Founding Conservation Chair of the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada and Spokesperson for North Atlantic Right Whale BEACON (Binational Early Alert Coastal Network), a joint Sierra Club U.S./Sierra Club Canada initiative that monitors coastal activities from Florida to Atlantic Canada.
Click Here to purchase tickets online.
$8 – $10
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
Friday, August 1, 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.
Free with museum admission