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
Free
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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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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
2 events,
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Stonington-Deer Isle: The Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson.
Stonington-Deer Isle: The Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson.
Monday, August 4, 6:30 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Stonington-Deer Isle: The Postcard View with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson.
For more information go to www.dis-historicalsociety.org or call 207-348-6400.
Island Heritage Trust, 420 Sunset Rd, Deer Isle. Admission free.
Free
3 events,
Workshop for teachers & local history enthusiasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Historical Society and Penobscot Marine Museum: Old Towns/New Country: The First Years of a New Nation
Wednesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 7, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
This two-day workshop will explore how to use local resources—documents, artifacts, landscapes, and the rich expertise in every town—to examine historical issues with a national focus. In Searsport, Maine. The workshop is open to teachers, librarians, archivists, members of local historical societies, and all interested local history enthusiasts.
$25
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Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!
Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!
Wednesday, August 6, 11:00 am
Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!
A hands-on program about weir fishing with Mayra Donnell. Discover the excitement of being woken up at 3:00 am when the moon and the tides are right for the herring to be in. You have waited a long time to fill the dories and take the fish to the cannery. Fill that dory, and compete to be fastest canner on the line. Your pay depends on how many cans you fill in a day. PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
4 events,
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Traditional Knotted Netting Demonstrated at Penobscot Marine Museum
Traditional Knotted Netting Demonstrated at Penobscot Marine Museum
Stephanie Crossman will be demonstrating fishnetting at Penobscot Marine Museum on Thursday, August 7th from 11:00 to 3:00 pm. The demonstration is free with museum admission.
Stephanie Crossman’s fishnetting demonstration is part of Artisan Days: Demonstrations of 19th Century Crafts at Penobscot Marine Museum. This program runs Thursdays in July and August and on Saturdays in September and October, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. It is a collaboration with Boothbay Railway Village in Boothbay, Maine and is sponsored by Knickerbocker Group: Designers, Builders, Cabinetmakers, Caretakers.
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Maine Boatbuilders Forum: Draggers, Carriers and Smacks; Larger Commercial Boat Builders
Maine Boatbuilders Forum: Draggers, Carriers and Smacks; Larger Commercial Boat Builders
Thursday, August 7, 7:00 pm
Maine Boatbuilders Forum: Draggers, Carriers and Smacks; Larger Commercial Boat Builders
With boatbuilders Mike Crowley, David Andrews, and Maynard Bray.
PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Tickets $8 members and $10 non-members.
Join maritime historians Maynard Bray, Michael Crowley, and David Andrews on Thursday, August 7th at 7:00 pm at Penobscot Marine Museum to discuss the heyday of Maine’s building of draggers, carriers and smacks. From the 1930’s to the 1970’s Maine was one of the biggest producers of these vessels built for commercial fishing. The boatyards which built these boats include Harvey Gamage, Newbert & Wallace, Southwest Boat, and Washburn & Doughty.
Maynard Bray grew up in Rockland and was for many years the curator of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. Mike Crowley is a writer for National Fisherman, and David Andrews is a South Bristol historian. This program is in PMM’s Main Street Gallery, 40 East Main Street, Searsport, Maine. Tickets are $8 for members and $10 for non-members. For more information go to www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org or call 207-548-2529 or 0334.
$8 – $10
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Reading and Art
Children’s Program: Reading and Art
Friday, August 8, 1:00 pm
Children’s Program: Reading and Art
Join author Lucinda Hathaway for a fun filled afternoon of high seas adventure and travel-inspired art. She will lead a workshop teaching children how to make a watercolor travel journal, and she will read from her two children’s sailing adventure books, one of which has a chapter set in Searsport!
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Weave a Wristband
Children’s Program: Weave a Wristband
Wednesday, August 13, 11:00 am to noon
Children’s Program: Weave a Wristband
A 19th century craft program with Alice Seeger. Spinning sheep’s wool and weaving warm coverlets was an essential task for fending off Maine’s winter chill. Join us in learning about the process of spinning yarn, then use a simple loom to weave your own colorful wristband. PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
3 events,
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Spinning, weaving and knitting with Alice Seeger
Spinning, weaving and knitting with Alice Seeger
Watch spinning on a traditional 18th century “Great Wheel”, try your hand at weaving. In the 17th and 18th centuries wool was hand-spun and cloth was hand-woven. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
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Knowing Their Place: Two Stories (and the truth) About an African-American Settlement in Troy
Knowing Their Place: Two Stories (and the truth) About an African-American Settlement in Troy
African-Americans have been in Maine since the very beginning of settlement. In the 19th Century many lived side by side with their Euro-American neighbors, but some were settled together in their own communities. People in the rural town of Troy have traditions about such a settlement, said to have been large and self-sufficient at one time but now vanished. What was the reality of the place, and what was its fate? Unity College students interviewed Troy residents, sought out old records, and excavated the site of the original settlement to discover the stories--and the truth--about what happened to the African-Americans of rural Waldo County. Chris Marshall is professor of anthropology at Unity College. He researches the ecology and historical archaeology of early Euro-and Afro-American settlers in the Central Maine back-country, with emphasis on land-human interaction and landscape archaeology. PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Tickets $8 members and $10 non-members.
$8 – $10
3 events,
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Gee’s Bend Quilt-Inspired Painting Workshop Offered at Penobscot Marine Museum
Gee’s Bend Quilt-Inspired Painting Workshop Offered at Penobscot Marine Museum
Patchwork of Color, a one-day acrylic painting workshop with artist Susan Tobey White at Penobscot Marine Museum will be held on Friday, August 15 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Beginning painters as well as those with experience will enjoy this class using the Gee’s Bend Quilts as inspiration to create colorful acrylic paintings. For a list of materials, please call Susan White at 207-338-8990 or email [email protected]. The workshop fee is $75 which includes museum admission. To register for Patchwork of Color please call Penobscot Marine Museum at 207-548-2529 or 548-0334.
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Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
Friday, August 15, 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
3 events,
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Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!
Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!
Wednesday, August 20, 11:00 am
Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!
A hands-on program about weir fishing with Mayra Donnell. Discover the excitement of being woken up at 3:00 am when the moon and the tides are right for the herring to be in.
Free with museum admission
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Exploring the Catharine Sargent Marston Collection with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson
Exploring the Catharine Sargent Marston Collection with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson
Wednesday, August 20, 6:00 pm
Historic Photography Lecture Series
Exploring the Catharine Sargent Marston Collection with PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson
Free
3 events,
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Spinning, weaving and knitting with Alice Seeger.
Spinning, weaving and knitting with Alice Seeger.
Watch spinning on a traditional 18th century “Great Wheel”, try your hand at weaving. In the 17th and 18th centuries wool was hand-spun and cloth was hand-woven. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
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The Sea Connects All Things with Peter Neill
The Sea Connects All Things with Peter Neill
Thursday, August 21, 7:00 pm
Thursday Night Lecture Series
On Thursday, August 21st at 7:00 pm, Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory will present The Sea Connects All Things, an illustrated talk on the ocean as an integrated global social system. Neill will suggest actions, beyond the predictable conventions, for organizations and individuals to adopt as innovative strategies for the future.
Click Here to purchase tickets online.
$8 – $10
2 events,
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Children’s Program: Reading Corner
Children’s Program: Reading Corner
Friday, August 22, 10:30 pm
Children’s Program: Reading Corner
Come listen to excerpts from the children’s classic One Morning in Maine read out loud.
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Talk and Book Signing: 1816: The Year That Summer Never Came
Talk and Book Signing: 1816: The Year That Summer Never Came
Saturday, August 23, 2:00 pm
Talk and Book Signing: 1816: The Year That Summer Never Came
This story, by author Mayra Donnell, is of a young girl who records in her diary what Maine life was like in the bizarre weather of the year 1816. In the summer of 1816, instead of scorching summers, they experienced ice and frozen apple blossoms in May and a snow storm in June. Learn the true story of why 1816 was a year of unusual weather. Home Schoolers’ Day 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
CANCELLED
Wednesday, August 27, 11:00 am 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 how wind can generate electricity, why the ocean is a great place for a windmill, and how to build your own structure!
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission
2 events,
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Wooden boatbuilding with Cottrell Boatbuilders
Wooden boatbuilding with Cottrell Boatbuilders
CANCELLED
Cottrell Boatbuilding builds traditional small craft. Whitehalls, Wherries,Tenders, Daysailers Dories and excels in traditional plank on frame construction. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.
Free with museum admission