August 4; 11am-2pm Searsport Heritage Days Homecoming Model Display Model Pond Cost: Free with Museum Admission Searsport celebrates its maritime history this weekend, join us to see models built and used by our maritime forefathers and foremothers. Call ahead to...
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.
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...
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...
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.,...