News at the Museum
To receive press releases or for more information, contact Sabrina Kettell, skettell@pmm-maine.org or 207-548-2529.
Cash Mob at Penobscot Marine Museum
Saturday, April 26 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Come join the Cash Mob! Mob the Museum Store, 40 E. Main Street. Spend $20 and you will be entered into a raffle held by Bangor Savings Bank for something wonderful from a Bucksport area business (thank you Bangor Savings Bank!)...
Searsport Farmers’ Market Opens May 13
Searsport, Maine, April 11, 2014 – The new Searsport Farmer’s Market will open for the year on Tuesday, May 13. The market is hosted by Penobscot Marine Museum on the Crescent on Route One, and will be open every Tuesday from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm through mid-October....
Author Richard J. King Discusses a Misunderstood Bird
Searsport, Maine, April 4, 2014 – On Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 pm, author Richard J. King will talk about his book The Devil’s Cormorant: A Natural History, at Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands in Rockland, Maine. King integrates hard science and extensive research...
Small Wooden Boats Forum at Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport, Maine, April 1, 2014 – Small Wooden Boats is the topic of April’s Maine Boatbuilding Forum at Penobscot Marine Museum on Thursday, April 10th at 7:00 pm. Maine’s small wooden boat builders are known for superb craftsmanship and they play a key role in...
Historic Photographs of Schooner Bowdoin Returning From Greenland Now Online at Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport, Maine, March 31, 2014 – The John Booras Collection of historic photographs of the Schooner Bowdoin, probably taken in 1924 on a return voyage of Arctic exploration from Greenland, is now online. Most of these one hundred and forty photographs were taken at...
Searsport Farmers’ Market Now Taking Applications
Searsport, Maine, March 14, 2014 – A new Farmer’s Market is starting up in Searsport this May. The market will be on Route One, on the Crescent of the Penobscot Marine Museum and will run on Tuesdays. If you would like more information, or would like an application,...
Students build boats in new museum learning center
SEARSPORT, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- A Searsport District High School course is teaching students problem solving skills and maintaining the tradition of boat budiling in Seasport. "To have a new generation of young people involved in the maritime field is just super. To...
PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson on K-Love Radio
Listen to PMM Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson talk about the museum’s exciting historic photography collection in a K-LOVE Radio interview.
Photography News
We are pleased to announce that Penobscot Marine Museum's historic photography exhibit Washington County Through Eastern's Eye is now online at Maine Memory Network, the statewide photography archive of the Maine Historical Society. Over two hundred and sixty...
Wayne and Loraine Hamilton Donate Building to PMM
Searsport, Maine, February 10, 2014 – Wayne and Loraine Hamilton have donated the former Hamilton Marine Seine Loft on Route One in Searsport to the Penobscot Marine Museum as a home for the museum’s new education center. Contractors have renovated the front of the...
Holiday Party and Underfoot Opening at Penobscot Marine Museum
Media Contact: Kathy Goldner, kgoldner@pmm-maine.org, 207.548.2529 x216 Searsport, Maine, November 18, 2013 – Penobscot Marine Museum’s winter exhibit Underfoot: Footwear, Hooked Rugs, In the Cellar and Below Decks opens on Friday, December 6th from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm...
Historic Photos Taken by Steamboat Captain Now Available to Public
Media Contact: Kathy Goldner, kgoldner@pmm-maine.org, 207.548.2529 x216 SEARSPORT, ME, November 8, 2013 – In the 1890’s, Kennebec River steamboat captain James E. Perkins taught himself to take photographs with a 4”x 5” view camera using glass plate negatives. He...
Teaching with Small Boats Alliance
The sea connects all things. As we observed Columbus Day this past week, I traveled down to Mystic Seaport to attend the Teaching with Small Boats Alliance conference. However we feel about this holiday, we can agree that the Europeans came to America by ship. Whether...
Are Maine Scientists Changing America’s Energy Future?
Media Contact: Kathy Goldner, kgoldner@pmm-maine.org, 207.548.2529 x216 SEARSPORT, ME, October 18, 2013 – Maine scientists are leading the way nationally in wind and tide energy development, and important strides are being made in fisheries research. This year...
Abandon ship!
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....
Daring Rescue at Sea
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...
Images taken century ago in Washington County show vibrant, busy towns
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 students chronicle their heritage one sea captain at a time
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...
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Penobscot Marine Museum
40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498 Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
Hours
We will re-open May 22, 2026
Thanks for a great season! Penobscot Marine Museum's campus is now closed for the winter.
Mission
Penobscot Marine Museum inspires curiosity and fosters understanding about life and work on the Maine coast to encourage stewardship of our communities and the sea.
