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To receive press releases or for more information, contact Sabrina Kettell, [email protected] or 207-548-2529 ext. 216.
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
By John Golden On September 8-9, 1900 (Saturday to Sunday), a category 4 hurricane (130-140 mph winds) struck the city of Galveston, Texas. There were 6,000 to 8,000 people killed. It was the worst hurricane to ever strike the United States mainland. Galveston was cut...
The Northeast by Eastern Screening and Live Score
On Monday, November 14, 2016, Penobscot Marine Museum presents the Sumner McKane film, The Northeast by Eastern, with live score performed by Sumner McKane and Josh Robbins. The Northeast by Eastern combines Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company’s comprehensive...
Old Newspapers as a Historical Source
By Jon B. Johansen A number of years ago I was reading a book about the history of pilots on the East Coast of the United States and they mentioned the shipwreck of the packet MEXICO off Hempstead Beach, New York in January 1837. I headed to the Bangor Public Library...
A Shooting in Searsport
Researched by Leo Shea, Ph.D. Want insight into Lincoln Colcord? Into the man and his times? Into his able, vast nautical, literary, social and political experiences and opinions? The Penobscot Marine Museum has an extensive “Colcord Collection”, in which you can find...
Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography Book Release
Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography is the joint effort of Kevin Johnson, Penobscot Marine Museum’s Photo Archivist; W.H. Bunting, Maine’s foremost interpreter of historic images; Earl G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian. This...
Maine On Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography
Maine On Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography (Signed by author, Kevin Johnson) by W H. Bunting, Kevin Johnson, Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Paperback $37.00 (includes tax and shipping) Description: Nineteenth-century Maine―famed for its...
Searsport Sea Captains React to the Fall of the American Merchant Marine
By Cipperly Good, PMM Collections Manager During the American Civil War, as the Confederates immobilized 40% of Union ships, shipowners chose to reregister under foreign flags gaining protection from a law prohibiting the sinking of foreign neutral vessels. After...
Penobscot Marine Museum Celebrates Searsport Maritime Heritage Days
Saturday, August 6th, Penobscot Marine Museum will join in with the town of Searsport to celebrate Maritime Heritage Days with a temporary campus-wide exhibit and a house tour featuring Searsport sea captains’ homes. Saturday, August 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,...
The Fowler-True-Ross House
By Deborah Nowers The Fowler-True-Ross House sits prominently on Main Street and is a major building of the Penobscot Marine Museum. The docents who work in the house asked the library researchers for information related to the ownership of the house and whether there...
Searsport High School Boatbuilders Sail With Maine Daysail, LLC On The Schooner TIMBERWIND
(Belfast, Maine) On Tuesday, June 21, student boatbuilders from Searsport High School have been invited by Maine DaySail, LLC for a six hour sail aboard the schooner TIMBERWIND with Captain Lance Meadow. The group will leave at 11:00 am from Thompson’s Wharf in...
Postcards! Postcards! Get your Postcards! Penobscot Marine Museum at Maine’s 2016 Antique Paper Show
A sampling of historic images from Penobscot Marine Museum’s collection of over 140,000 photographs will be available at the Maine 2016 Antique Paper Show on Saturday, June 25, from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm at the First Congregational Church Vestry, 8 Church Street,...
Searsport High School Students Launch Their Boats
Ten students from Searsport District High School with nine community volunteers, and master boat-builder Greg Rossel have been working together since mid-January building two Shellback Dinghies for the class The Geometry of Boat Building. The dinghies, which the...
Edith & Bennett To Sing At Penobscot Marine Museum Members Opening
Edith Gawler and Bennett Konesni, who play banjo and fiddle and sing old-time music from Maine and beyond, will be playing at Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine for a Members Reception in Main Street Gallery on Friday, May 20, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Edith grew...
Museum To Host Open House For Local Businesses
Owners and staff of area businesses are invited to a party and special preview of Penobscot Marine Museum’s 2016 exhibits on Wednesday, May 18th, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The museum’s theme Wish You Were here: Communicating Maine includes several exhibits; Historic...
Five Thousand U.S. Fishing Industry Photographs Now Online
In 2012, the international media company Diversified Communications donated over 15,000 photographs to Penobscot Marine Museum from its National Fisherman magazine archives. This collection, the largest of its kind, documents the U. S. fishing industry from the 1950’s...
Vintage Photos And Contemporary Art Come Together In Unusual Penobscot Marine Museum Exhibit
On view at PMM from May 28 through October 16, 2016
Alamo Theatre Presents Talk On Historic Photographs And Film Of Bucksport
Historic photographs and vintage film footage of Bucksport from the late 19th and early 20th centuries will be presented by Penobscot Marine Museum’s Kevin Johnson and Brook Minner of Northeast Historic Film Archive on Thursday, May 12, 6:00 pm at Alamo Theatre, 85...
Wine Tasting Event to Benefit Penobscot Marine Museum
Taste delicious locally crafted wine Thursday, April 21st from 5-7 pm at The Good Kettle in Stockton Springs. The wine tasting event will introduce you to Maine vineyards from across the state, with 10 % of the proceeds benefiting the Penobscot Marine Museum. The Good...
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Penobscot Marine Museum
40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498 Searsport, ME 04974
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