“Do It Your Way”: Gee’s Bend Quilts & Quilters in Maine Opens at Penobscot Marine Museum The opening reception for Penobscot Marine Museum’s “Do It Your Way”: Gee’s Bend Quilts & Quilters in Maine is Saturday, August 2nd from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. This exhibit,...

A workshop for teachers & local history enthusiasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Historical Society, Penobscot Marine Museum, and Castine Historical Society Wednesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 7, 2014 Penobscot Marine Museum and Castine Historical Society...

Join maritime historians Maynard Bray, Michael Crowley, and David Andrews on Thursday, August 7th at  7:00 pm at Penobscot Marine Museum to discuss the heyday of Maine’s building of draggers, carriers and smacks.  From the 1930’s to the 1970’s Maine was one of the...

Knotted netting, or fishnetting, is one of the oldest human crafts, and is still used in Third World countries to make fishing nets, hammocks and bags.  Many Mainers remember when lobstermen made their own bait bags using knotted netting.  Stephanie Crossman, whose...

Make your own fishing weir!  The Herring Are In!, a hands-on program about herring fishing with author and teacher Mayra Donnell will   engage children in play and craft activities.  Children will learn why the moon and tides have to be just right for the herring to...

French artist Anne-Emmanuelle Marpeau fell in love with Maine over twenty years ago and has been creating intricate shadow boxes inspired by romantic nineteenth century Maine maritime tales ever since.  Her unusual and very popular shadowboxes are on exhibit at...

Learn with your child all about the leading edge wind power technology being developed at University of Maine in Orono.  On Wednesday, July 30th from 11:00 to noon, an educator from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center will lead Build a...

The Gulf of Maine is an important fish and mammal habitat.  On Thursday, July 31st at 7:00 pmMark Dittrick will discuss the Gulf of Maine as a habitat: its past, present, and what might be its future.  Mark Dittrick is the Founding Conservation Chair of the Atlantic...

Meet Maine artist Eric Hopkins, and see Eric Hopkins: Shells - Fish - Shellfish, a major retrospective of his work, on Friday, July 25, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in Penobscot Marine Museum’s Carver Memorial Library Gallery, 11 Church Street, Searsport, Maine.   Eric...

Award-winning Lewiston Sun Journal journalist Kevin Mills brings Maine’s and his family’s history to life in Sea of Liberty, the last book in a trilogy based on stories passed down in Mills’ family.  Kevin’s Maine ancestors were shipbuilders, lighthouse keepers, and...

Meet artist Eric Hopkins, and see Shells, Fish & Shellfish, a major retrospective of his work, on Friday, July 25, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in Penobscot Marine Museum’s Carver Memorial Library Gallery, 11 Church Street, Searsport, Maine. “I could spend a lifetime...

Marilyn Cleveland, owner of  Marilyn’s Jam Session, recently unearthed a century old recipe from her great Aunt Florence for Grape Catsup, which Aunt Florence made on her farm in New Gloucester, Maine in the early 20th century. Before the advent of Tomato Ketchup,...

A lobstering trip with Linda Greenlaw is one of the many exciting items in the Penobscot Marine Museum fundraising Gala & Auction at Point Lookout in Northport, Maine on July 19th. You can also bid on a chance to spend a day on Penobscot Bay with Hamilton Marine owner...

Thursday, July 10, at 7:00 pm at the monthly Maine Boatbuilding Forum, Maine’s port pilots will gather to share their memories and honor the legacy of Captain William Abbott. Capt. Abbott, who passed away this year, was a 1945 graduate of Maine Maritime Academy. He...

Summer activities for children and adults begin this July at Penobscot Marine Museum. Wednesdays and Fridays are Children’s Program days, and Thursdays are Artisan Days, demonstrations of 19th century crafts. Artisan Days is a collaboration with Boothbay Railway...

A workshop for teachers & local history enthusiasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Historical Society and Penobscot Marine Museum Wednesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 7, 2014 Searsport, Maine 8:30am -- 3:30pm This two-day workshop will explore how to use local...