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To receive press releases or for more information, contact Sabrina Kettell, [email protected] or 207-548-2529 ext. 216.
2016 Governor’s Conference On Tourism To Feature Postcards From Penobscot Marine Museum
In cooperation with the Penobscot Marine Museum’s 2016 Postcard Project, The Maine Office of Tourism will showcase 8 postcards from 1916, selected from the museum’s archives, at the 2016 Governor’s Conference on Tourism on March 21 and 22 at Sunday River Resort. The...
Maine Authors Celebrate Christmas at Penobscot Marine Museum
On Friday, December 4th, Penobscot Marine Museum will host five Maine authors and an illustrator, as part of the Town of Searsport’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting. Maine authors Ardeana Hamlin, Douglas Coffin, Mac Smith, Mark Scott Ricketts, Mark Warner, and...
Searsport’s Christmas Extravaganza
On Friday, December 4th at 5:30 pm the Town of Searsport will light its Christmas tree on the Crescent, inaugurating the holiday season with a weekend of celebrations. On Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm the Penobscot Marine Museum Sea Captain’s house will be open to the...
Victorian Christmas Celebrated at Penobscot Marine Museum
The holiday season will be celebrated with Victorian Christmas at Penobscot Marine Museum this year on Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th. The ship captain’s house will be open to the public with each room decorated for a Victorian Christmas by community...
Oldest Film Shot in Maine to be Shown at Penobscot Marine Museum’s Annual History Conference
A clip from the oldest film shot in Maine will be shown during Wish You Were Here: Communicating Maine’s Unique Sense of Place, Penobscot Marine Museum’s 2015 History Conference. The Conference this year brings together Northeast Historic Film, Maine Folklife Center,...
Penobscot Marine Museum 2015 History Conference
Penobscot Marine Museum 2015 History Conference Wish You Were Here: Communicating Maine’s Unique Sense of Place Saturday October 24, 2015 8:00 am to 2:30pm University of Maine Hutchinson Center 80 Belmont Avenue Belfast, Maine For tickets click here. or call...
The Famous Mariners of Deer Isle Discussed at Penobscot Marine Museum
The men of Deer Isle have been famous for their maritime skills for well over a hundred years. In 1895 and 1899 the America’s Cup was won by all-Deer Isle crews, the first and last time in history a single town supplied an entire crew for the race. At Penobscot...
Free Admission to Penobscot Marine Museum During Searsport’s Fall Festival
Admission will be free at Penobscot Marine Museum for all visitors during Searsport’s annual Fling Into Fall celebration on Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd. In addition, the Museum Store will offer 20% off all purchases on Saturday, October 3rd. Many...
Touch-A-Truck New to Searsport’s Fall Festival
Firetrucks, a marine patrol boat, race car, Central Maine Power truck and more will all be available for kids and adults to touch and climb into at Searsport’s annual Fling Into Fall celebration on Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd. Also new to the...
The Life of LIFE Photographer Kosti Ruohomaa
Many legends surround the Finish-American photographer Kosti Ruohomaa, and it is said his life was “haunted”. Ruohomaa was an award-winning photo journalist who shot iconic portraits of working Americans which appeared in LIFE, National Geographic, and other...
Meet the Fishermen from Port Clyde Fresh Catch
Building boats and fishing occupied every coastal town in Maine during the 1800’s. By 1855 Maine was building 35% of all of America’s ships, and its fisheries fed much of the country. Today Maine has only 20 miles of working waterfront left, and 80% of the seafood...
Have Your Tintype Taken Again!
The tintype photography booth at Penobscot Marine Museum was so popular in July that the museum has arranged for the booth to return, giving everyone another opportunity to have their tintype taken. The tintype booth is run by the AgNO3 Lab, which specializes in...
Northern Maine 100 Years Ago in Film at Penobscot Marine Museum
Isaac Walton Simpson was born in 1874 in Amity, Maine near the Canadian border. To support his family of thirteen children he worked as a blacksmith, barber, musician, woodsman, mechanic, and photographer. Over his lifetime Simpson took thousands of photographs. ...
Make Art with Historic Photographs at Penobscot Marine Museum
Draw, color, and paint on photographs from the Penobscot Marine Museum collection to create your own work of art in the workshop Photoplay with M.J. Bronsteinon Wednesday, Aug 19th. Artist and photographer M.J. Bronstein pioneered the idea of using photographs as...
Hand-painting Black & White Photographs Workshop at Penobscot Marine Museum
Create an extraordinary work of art by transforming a black and white photograph using the historic technique of hand-painting in the Hand-painting Black & White Photographsworkshop at Penobscot Marine Museum. This intensive workshop, led by fine-art...
Have Your Tintype Taken at Penobscot Marine Museum
Tintypes were popular in the 1860’s and 1870’s and many of the photographs taken during the Civil War were tintypes. They are not made on tin, but are a type of photograph made on a sheet of blackened iron. A mobile tintype photography booth will be set up at the...
Hand-painting Black & White Photographs Workshop at Penobscot Marine Museum
Create an extraordinary work of art by transforming a black and white photograph using the historic technique of hand-painting in the Hand-painting Black & White Photographs workshop at Penobscot Marine Museum. This intensive workshop, led by fine-art...
3-D Views of New England Explored
Stereoviews took the world by storm and were the most popular form of photography from the 1860’s through the 1920’s. In his talk Stereo Views of New England, Maine State Museum Director Bernard Fishman provides 3-D glasses and projects historic 3-D stereoview images...
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Penobscot Marine Museum
40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498 Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
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July 1 – October 12, 2024
Tuesday: 10am-5pm
Wednesday: 10am-5pm
Thursday: 10am-5pm
Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm