SEARSPORT — At 2 a.m., 35 miles out to sea, with winter winds howling and water temperatures around 40 degrees, there can be no two more frightening words. On a perfect summer day off the town dock, though, "Abandon ship!" was more educational than terrifying....

SEARSPORT - The story of an incredible ocean rescue was the topic Thursday night at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport. Captain Skip Strong rehashed that historic rescue and salvage which happened almost twenty years ago. "It was sort of the pinnacle of my...

The children stare obediently at the photographer as if they have been interrupted at play. Behind them, smoke rises from brick chimneys atop square, squat buildings. The camera is too far away to tell how the the boys and girls feel about having their picture taken....

SEARSPORT, Maine — The Searsport where Alivia Cross lives is a very different community from the one that existed 150 years ago during the golden age of shipbuilding and sailing. Through a multimedia class project, the Searsport District High School sophomore had the...

SEARSPORT — For decades, the town has boasted of its sea captains and their voyages to the four corners of the world. If there were any doubt about the truth behind this pride, a visit to the True-Fowler-Ross House, a 19th century residence now part of the Penobscot...

SEARSPORT, Maine — Nearly 20 years ago, Capt. Skip Strong responded to a distress call from an ocean-going tugboat that was in trouble off the coast of Florida during Tropical Storm Gordon. As it turned out, his decision to help the five men aboard the distressed...

Searsport - Commercial fishermen are required to have certain safety equipment on board their vessels, but survival instructors say pleasure boaters should too. Community members learned sea safety skills at the Searsport town dock on Wednesday. "Disasters still...

The first question anyone will ask you in Searsport, whether you’re checking into a motel or tearing into a boiled lobster, is “Where are you headed?” As though you’re not already someplace. Thus, it’s easy to feel a little sorry for Searsport, or to find yourself...

Tim Garrold never planned on a life of adventure at sea when he graduated from Searsport High School. Even when he mowed the lawn at the Penobscot Marine Museum, never did he imagine one day he would be a featured speaker there, sharing tales of maritime rescues in...

Melanie Rosenberg, 11, of Boulder, Colo., uses gestures to show the fortitude of teenage lighthouse heroine Abbie Burgess during a living history performance last week at the Penobscot Marine Museum. Click here to read the full story by Abigail Curtis at the Bangor...

The Penobscot Marine Museum recently received two grants to make the job of archiving these pictures online a lot easier, and quicker. "We came up with the idea of using a high end 35 mm SLR camera to do that so it would be an instant capture. The grant allowed us to...

A playlist of five complete presentations from the 2011 history conference, consisting of: Boat Building in South Bristol, Maine, by David Andrews Comparative Study of Maine Peapods, by David Cockey Evolution of the Maine Lobster Boat, by Jon Johansen Friendship...

Peabody Essex Museum Maine shipyards turned out about sixty of the over 400 clippers built to satisfy the need for speed generated by events in the mid-nineteenth century. The 1849 California Gold Rush, the 1851 Australian Gold Rush, and Britain’s use of American...

A Video by Blake Hendrickson, Basic Explanations Studio Penobscot Marine Museum was instrumental in saving the Jacob Pike, a historic Maine-built sardine carrier. Sardine fishing and packing once formed important financial and cultural bases of Maine's coastal...

Art Afloat – Slideshow of PMM-sponsored traveling exhibit of dioramas by Anne-Emmanuelle Marpeau aboard the vessel Sunbeam V. August 2011. Click here to view the slideshow