Penobscot Marine Museum’s campus is currently closed for the winter. We’ll re-open in May 2026.
40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
Lectures, Workshops, Events
You’re invited to join us at Penobscot Marine Museum for our ongoing series of special events! For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or jganskop@pmm-maine.org.
Thursday, September 10
6pm
FREE, registration required
Coastal Maine’s rich maritime heritage has produced and attracted a lot of sailors and you don’t work on the water without accumulating good stories. Penobscot Marine Museum invites you to join us for Salted Tales: Stories From the Sea Told Live on Zoom --- Hear five working seamen and women tell hair-raising real-life sea stories of amazing experiences. Each fast-paced story will be eight minutes long. Register
Friday, September 4
Noon
FREE
Join us at Facebook.com/Penobscot as Museum Educator Sarah Cole uses high resolution images of our paintings to zoom in on all the details. See our paintings as never before! Learn about the artist and the history and geography behind the subject of the painting. Post your questions and comments during the live session.
Friday, August 28
Noon
FREE
Join us at Facebook.com/Penobscot as Museum Educator Sarah Cole uses high resolution images of our paintings to zoom in on all the details. See our paintings as never before! Learn about the artist and the history and geography behind the subject of the painting. Post your questions and comments during the live session.
Tuesday, August 25
11am
FREE
Join Penobscot Marine Museum for a Facebook Live Puppet Show! Weekly puppet shows will bring our maritime topics to life with kid-friendly characters and fun stories. Each week will have a new adventure - Meet the creatures that live in tide pools and sail around the world with a Searsport captain. Puppet shows will last 3-5 minutes and afterward you can join staff for questions and instructions to make one of the simple puppets used in the show. Puppet shows will go live at Facebook.com/Penobscot
Friday, August 21
Noon
FREE
Join us at Facebook.com/Penobscot as Museum Educator Sarah Cole uses high resolution images of our paintings to zoom in on all the details. See our paintings as never before! Learn about the artist and the history and geography behind the subject of the painting. Post your questions and comments during the live session.
Tuesday, August 18
11am
FREE
Join Penobscot Marine Museum for a Facebook Live Puppet Show! Weekly puppet shows will bring our maritime topics to life with kid-friendly characters and fun stories. Each week will have a new adventure - Meet the creatures that live in tide pools and sail around the world with a Searsport captain. Puppet shows will last 3-5 minutes and afterward you can join staff for questions and instructions to make one of the simple puppets used in the show. Puppet shows will go live at Facebook.com/Penobscot
Friday, August 14
Noon
FREE
Join us at Facebook.com/Penobscot as Museum Educator Sarah Cole uses high resolution images of our paintings to zoom in on all the details. See our paintings as never before! Learn about the artist and the history and geography behind the subject of the painting. Post your questions and comments during the live session.
Tuesday, August 11
11am
FREE
Join Penobscot Marine Museum for a Facebook Live Puppet Show! Weekly puppet shows will bring our maritime topics to life with kid-friendly characters and fun stories. Each week will have a new adventure - Meet the creatures that live in tide pools and sail around the world with a Searsport captain. Puppet shows will last 3-5 minutes and afterward you can join staff for questions and instructions to make one of the simple puppets used in the show. Puppet shows will go live at Facebook.com/Penobscot
Friday, August 7
Noon
FREE
Join us at Facebook.com/Penobscot as Museum Educator Sarah Cole uses high resolution images of our paintings to zoom in on all the details. See our paintings as never before! Learn about the artist and the history and geography behind the subject of the painting. Post your questions and comments during the live session.
Friday, July 31
Noon
FREE
Join us at Facebook.com/Penobscot as Museum Educator Sarah Cole uses high resolution images of our paintings to zoom in on all the details. See our paintings as never before! Learn about the artist and the history and geography behind the subject of the painting. Post your questions and comments during the live session.
