News at the Museum
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Everything Isn’t on the Internet
by Deborah Nowers This is my pitch for the library. We received a request for information on Joseph Blanchard Ames who was the grandfather or great-grandfather of the requester’s grandmother Marie Donaldson Ames. He requested genealogy of Joseph Blanchard Ames in...
Search for St. Frances
By John Golden Recently we received a request from a gentleman who is writing an article about the ST. FRANCES or ST. FRANCIS. An initial search of an online local database of ships built in Maine didn’t reveal any record of a ship named ST. FRANCES or ST. FRANCIS....
National Fisherman 5k3 Rollout At Penobscot Marine Museum
Penobscot Marine museum is excited to announce the unveiling of another wave of 5,000 photographs from the noteworthy National Fisherman Collection. This collection was prepared a cadre of professionals and dogged volunteers. With minor exceptions, the group is...
Kosti Comes Home: Penobscot Marine Museum Acquires Kosti Ruohomaa Photo Collection
The archive of negatives, contact sheets, and prints of Rockland, Maine photographer, Kosti Ruohomaa, have come home to Maine as the newest addition to the photography holdings of the Penobscot Marine Museum. The collection was recently donated to the PMM by Black...
The Maritime Spirit of Searsport
Salts and Water Podcast Series Grand sea captain’s houses, intriguing gravestones, and the Penobscot Marine Museum… feel the spirit of maritime history in Searsport.
Penobscot Marine Museum Photo Exhibit Tours Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Court House will host the Penobscot Marine Museum photo exhibit, Lincoln County Through Eastern’s Eye during the months of August and September. It is the 3rd stop of this traveling exhibit which has spent time now at the Boothbay Railway Museum and...
Maine Marine Fare at Penobscot Marine Museum
Saturday and Sunday, September 9 and 10, Penobscot Marine Museum will host their first Maine Marine Fare in celebration of all the foods from the abundant waters of coastal Maine. The two day program will include talks, panel discussions and educational tastings,...
New Fitz Henry Lane Added to the Collection!
Thanks to the estate of Ellen Guild Moot, Penobscot Marine Museum recently acquired the Fitz Henry Lane oil on canvas painting "The Lumber Schooner", painted in 1850. The Buyer: Edward Dyer Peters ( 1785-1856) In the 18th century the lumber trade between Maine and...
Penobscot Marine Museum First Annual T-shirt Design Contest Winners
Penobscot Marine Museum’s theme for the 2017 season is Gone Fishing! exploring the world of Maine's commercial fisheries. To connect with Maine students on this topic, PMM asked for help in designing a Maine fish t-shirt. The contest was open to any school aged...
Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography
2017 New England Society in the City of New York Book Award Winner Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography is the New England Society 2017 Book Award winner in the Photography category. The New England Society is a nonprofit organization...
Celebrate with Ralph Stanley at Penobscot Marine Museum
Saturday, May 27, 2017, Penobscot Marine Museum will host an afternoon of boat talk and music in celebration of the career and talents of MDI boatbuilder, National Heritage Fellow and Penobscot Marine Museum Trustee Ralph Stanley. Stanley will be at Penobscot Marine...
Penobscot Marine Museum 2017 Exhibit – Gone Fishing!
Penobscot Marine Museum opens for their 81st year Saturday, May 27, 2017 with Gone Fishing! The new show explores the world of Maine's commercial fisheries through exhibits and programs that will entertain and educate children and adults alike. An opening reception...
Penobscot Marine Museum’s Jeff Dworsky Photo Collection at Camden Public Library for Maritime Month
A Way of Life: The Fishing Families of Stonington photographs by Jeff Dworsky will be on display at Camden Public Library from April 4, 2017 through April 30, 2017. Maritime Month will be kicked off will photographer Jeff Dworsky speaking on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at...
Calling All Students!
In 2017, Penobscot Marine Museum will explore Maine fisheries in our new exhibit The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries. To fit with this focus we are asking Maine students to help us design a fisheries related t-shirt. A panel of area artists and art enthusiasts will...
Finding What is Hiding in Plain Sight
by Deborah Nowers This is a story that starts and ends with PMM... well, it never ends, because it is a genealogy story. It began with a request to look at the history of the Fowler-True-Ross House at the museum. I described that project in the first issue of this...
Mutiny on the Bangalore?
John Golden, PMM Library Researcher In mid-November, a gentleman from Pasadena, CA stopped by the Library and inquired about a Frank Carver, master of the ship BANGALORE. Captain Carver was a long lost relative. It seems that the family legend had it that Captain...
Upcoming Release of 5000 More Fishing Photos From the National Fisherman Archive
Maine’s own National Fisherman magazine has always been a hardcore trade publication, which means that its readership falls inside a particular sphere of interest and activity. At the same time, its cultural importance shouldn’t be underestimated. Its photographic...
Research in the Stephen Phillips Memorial Library
By Deborah Nowers, Library Research Volunteer The Stephen Phillips Memorial Library is a hidden gem on Church Street. The library is a research non-circulating collection that includes information not easily found other places. The library is open Tuesday through...
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