40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
Lectures, Workshops, Events
For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].
Join Micah Woodcock of Atlantic Holdfast Seaweed Company for a talk about sea vegetables available in the Gulf of Maine and demonstration of cooking techniques. Hint, it is not just about Asian-inspired salads. If you loved the conversation started at Maine Marine Fare, you will not want to miss this free event! For more information call 207-548-2529.
Saturday, September 9 and Sunday, September 10
Maine Marine Fare will celebrate all the foods from the abundant waters of coastal Maine. The two day program will include talks, panel discussions and educational tastings, featuring fishermen, food producers, aquaculturists, researchers and scientists, and members of the food and hospitality trades. It will end with a dinner called “Food from our Seas,” prepared by chef Sam Hayward with the assistance of Ladleah Dunn. Hayward, named “Best Chef in the Northeast” by the James Beard Association, co-owner and executive chef of Fore Street Restaurant in Portland, has been called “Maine’s Food Hero” for his promotion and innovative use of Maine food products from the land, the sea, and everywhere in between. Dunn is a chef, gardener, food consultant, and boat-builder in Lincolnville.
Dinner tickets are limited. Please call 207-548-2529 for availability.
Net Making with Stephanie Crossman
Thursday, July 20, 11 am to 2 pm
Free for admission
Stephanie Crossman learned the craft of fishnetting on the island of Vinalhaven from her husband’s great-grandmother, who had made her living in the net factory on the island. Today, Stephanie using this traditional technique to create works of art and functional everyday bags. Join Stephanie to watch her at work, share the history of fishnetting and perhaps go home with a treasure from her pop-up store.
Netmaking with Jacqueline Davidson
Saturday, July 1, 1 pm to 4 pm
Free with admission
Jacqueline Davidson is author of the book Nets Through Time: The Technique and Art of Knotted Netting. She learned her craft at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, and teaches the technique to others. She will discuss the knot used to make diamond mesh (used in basketball nets) and square mesh (used in tennis nets).
Celebrating Ralph Stanley
Saturday, May 27, 1 pm to 5 pm
$1 museum admission all day
Join us for an afternoon of boat talk and music as we celebrate the career and talents of MDI
boatbuilder and National Heritage Fellow Ralph Stanley.
Join us behind the scenes at PMM!
Volunteer Day and Yale Day of Service
This Saturday, May 6, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Come volunteer at the Museum and help us get ready for opening day. Great food, great people. See history up close. We provide the brooms and mops, you provide the elbow grease.
For more information call us at 207-548-2529. We thank you and we look forward to seeing you here!
With AgNO3 Lab
Saturday, Aug 13, tintypes taken between 10 am and 4 pm.
Create your own beautiful family heirloom by having your “antique” tintype taken.
Tintype portraits are $40 per tintype, which includes a 2-for-1 museum admission. Space limited, call 207-548-0334 to reserve a time.
Saturday, Aug 6, 1 pm to 4 pm, Fowler-True-Ross Sea Captain’s House & throughout Searsport
Tickets $10, $5 for members.
Searsport is famous for shipbuilding and ship captains. In collaboration with PMM, the owners of the historic houses built by the Captains and shipbuilders between 1860 and 1900 are opening their homes to the public for this very special Historic House Tour. Hear stories about the houses and the captains from the owners themselves. A Searsport Heritage Day event.
For more information and to buy tickets, call Museum Store at 548-0334.
With the Duckback Farm Worksongers
Saturday, Aug 6, concerts every hour on the hour from 10 am to 1 pm
Admission free with museum admission.
Sing rousing sea shanties, see capstan and halyard demonstrations, and learn about fo’c’sle songs and shipboard fiddle tunes with Edith Gawler, Bennett Konesni, and the Duckback Farm Worksongers. Edith & Bennett are musicians and worksong scholars who play old-time fiddle and banjo tunes and hollers with musician friends. Edith Gawler grew up in Maine as a member of the legendary Gawler Family Band. A Searsport Heritage Day event.
Owners and staff of area businesses are invited to a party and special preview of Penobscot Marine Museum’s 2016 exhibits on Wednesday, May 18th, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The museum’s theme Wish You Were here: Communicating Maine includes several exhibits; Historic Maine: A Postcard View, Acadia National Park: A Postcard View, and Maine: A Continuum of Place. Carl Little, author of Paintings of Maine, Art of the Maine Islands and Guest Curator of the museum’s exhibit Maine: A Continuum of Place will be attending, along with many of the artists represented in the exhibit. Photography Archivist Kevin Johnson will also be on hand to discuss the museum’s extensive historic photography and postcard collection featured in these exhibits.
Each business attending will receive a gift of five free passes to Penobscot Marine Museum. “We wanted to say thank you to all of our local businesses,” says Liz Lodge, the museum’s Executive Director. “These local businesses do so much for the community and for us, they help make this area vibrant.” Four of the twelve museum buildings will be open in this special preview: the ship captain’s house, Main Street Gallery, Visitors Center, and Merithew. The museum opens to the public on Saturday, May 28.
