Preserving Our Past
(POP) StudiesLearn from Penobscot Marine Museum’s curators and experts how to properly handle and preserve your own family antiques, photos, and invaluable objects. Our special series of continuing-education workshops will introduce you to the basic skills necessary to care for your own antiquities.
Continuing Education from PMM
Take part in the Penobscot Marine Museum’s engaging, timely and valuable programs for people interested in learning historical preservation and collections care skills for use in their personal lives and professional pursuits.
Geared to the adult learner, these Continuing Education classes will give you opportunities to:
- Practice hands on care for artifacts and historical documents
- Engage in discussions with fellow professionals and history caretakers
- Build community through shared experiences and educational channels provided by professional PMM staff and museum network connections.
POP Studies Programs for 2026-27
- Organizing Your Photo Collections with Kevin Johnson
- Preservation: Storage and Cleaning of Antiques in Historic Houses
with Cipperly Good - Intro to Digitizing Photos for Cultural Heritage with Matt Wheeler
Convenience: Each program is offered several times during the year. Choose to join us on campus, remote via Zoom or at the Belfast Free Library.
Outcome: Participants will become stewards of history for future generations by learning important skills and preserving our past. A Certificate of Completion for the two-hour program will be provided.
Contact: For more information, please contact Shelly Patten, Office Manager at 207-548-2529 or spatten@pmm-maine.org.
Price: $60 to $90 with discounts offered to PMM Members, MAM Members and residents of Searsport and Stockton Springs.
Upcoming Classes
Organizing Your Photo Collections
Managing a mass of images can be a daunting task. This course will offer tips and suggestions on how to organize your archive, find what you are looking for in it, and be prepared to pass it on to the next generation.
Preservation: Storage and Cleaning of Antiques in Historic Houses
Whether you’re caring for your family’s heirlooms, managing a museum collection or volunteering at your local historical society, this class will teach you how to handle delicate objects. You will learn tips for packing them up and safely moving them to their new home.
Intro to Digitizing Photos for Cultural Heritage
Digitizing cultural heritage photographs creates exciting opportunities for accessing and sharing collections. It may also be a smart preservation strategy for materials at risk from age and deterioration. However, it entails unique challenges, dovetails with other considerations, costs money, and may seem daunting to the novice.