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Special Events at PMM


Lectures, Workshops, Events
For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].


Children’s Program: Reading and Art

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

Friday, August 8, 1:00 pm
Children’s Program: Reading and Art
Join author Lucinda Hathaway for a fun filled afternoon of high seas adventure and travel-inspired art. She will lead a workshop teaching children how to make a watercolor travel journal, and she will read from her two children’s sailing adventure books, one of which has a chapter set in Searsport!
PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.

Free with museum admission

Children’s Program: Weave a Wristband

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

Wednesday, August 13, 11:00 am to noon
Children’s Program: Weave a Wristband
A 19th century craft program with Alice Seeger. Spinning sheep’s wool and weaving warm coverlets was an essential task for fending off Maine’s winter chill. Join us in learning about the process of spinning yarn, then use a simple loom to weave your own colorful wristband. PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.

Free with museum admission

Spinning, weaving and knitting with Alice Seeger

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

Watch spinning on a traditional 18th century “Great Wheel”, try your hand at weaving. In the 17th and 18th centuries wool was hand-spun and cloth was hand-woven. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.

Free with museum admission

Knowing Their Place: Two Stories (and the truth) About an African-American Settlement in Troy

Main Street Gallery 40 East Main Street, Searsport, United States

African-Americans have been in Maine since the very beginning of settlement. In the 19th Century many lived side by side with their Euro-American neighbors, but some were settled together in their own communities. People in the rural town of Troy have traditions about such a settlement, said to have been large and self-sufficient at one time but now vanished. What was the reality of the place, and what was its fate? Unity College students interviewed Troy residents, sought out old records, and excavated the site of the original settlement to discover the stories--and the truth--about what happened to the African-Americans of rural Waldo County. Chris Marshall is professor of anthropology at Unity College. He researches the ecology and historical archaeology of early Euro-and Afro-American settlers in the Central Maine back-country, with emphasis on land-human interaction and landscape archaeology. PMM’s Main Street Gallery. Tickets $8 members and $10 non-members.

$8 – $10

Gee’s Bend Quilt-Inspired Painting Workshop Offered at Penobscot Marine Museum

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

Patchwork of Color, a one-day acrylic painting workshop with artist Susan Tobey White at Penobscot Marine Museum will be held on Friday, August 15 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Beginning painters as well as those with experience will enjoy this class using the Gee’s Bend Quilts as inspiration to create colorful acrylic paintings. For a list of materials, please call Susan White at 207-338-8990 or email [email protected]. The workshop fee is $75 which includes museum admission. To register for Patchwork of Color please call Penobscot Marine Museum at 207-548-2529 or 548-0334.

Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

Friday, August 15, 10:30 am
Children’s Program: Art in the Gallery
Bring your children and join Heather Davis in making an art project based on an object in the PMM collection. PMM’s Peapod. Free with PMM admission.

Free with museum admission

Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!

PMM’s Peapod Church St., Searsport, United States

Wednesday, August 20, 11:00 am
Children’s Program: The Herring Are In!
A hands-on program about weir fishing with Mayra Donnell. Discover the excitement of being woken up at 3:00 am when the moon and the tides are right for the herring to be in.

Free with museum admission

Spinning, weaving and knitting with Alice Seeger.

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church Street, Searsport, United States

Watch spinning on a traditional 18th century “Great Wheel”, try your hand at weaving. In the 17th and 18th centuries wool was hand-spun and cloth was hand-woven. Sponsored by Knickerbocker Group. Free with PMM admission.

Free with museum admission

The Sea Connects All Things with Peter Neill

Main Street Gallery 40 East Main Street, Searsport, United States

Thursday, August 21, 7:00 pm
Thursday Night Lecture Series
On Thursday, August 21st at 7:00 pm, Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory will present The Sea Connects All Things, an illustrated talk on the ocean as an integrated global social system. Neill will suggest actions, beyond the predictable conventions, for organizations and individuals to adopt as innovative strategies for the future.

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$8 – $10