Special Events at PMM

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.

PMM Old Vestry

Address
2 Church St.
Searsport, ME 04974 United States Get Directions

Events at this venue

Today

  • Speaker: Cannery Town Listening Sessions with Cipperly Good

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States +1 more

    While the Maine sardine industry was well documented with oral histories during its heyday in the 20th century, not much has been recorded now that the industry is no more. […]

  • Speaker: Show & Tell from the PMM Archives with Paige Lilly

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States +1 more

    The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation funded a recent project to expand cataloging of 600 log books, ledgers, and customs records in the PMM collections. Join us to learn how the […]

    $5

  • Speaker: “Packed Like a Can of Sardines” with Kevin Johnson

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States +1 more

    The sardine industry supported Maine coastal communities for well over a century. The workforce in canneries included thousands of women, even more than the number of men fishing for herring. […]

    $5

  • Working the Sea Book Launch

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Join us as we celebrate the long-awaited release of Working the Sea! Michael Crowley, a Contributing Editor and Field Editor for National Fisherman, started this effort during the Covid pandemic, painstakingly looking […]

  • Rescheduled: Chanteys from the Colcord Collection

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States +1 more

    Joanna Colcord’s seminal collection Roll and Go: Songs of American Sailormen was deeply influenced by her seafaring life. She was born in the South Pacific to a captain from Searsport, Maine and […]

    $5

  • Joanna Colcord’s Searsport

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Searsport Maine was quite a happening place at the turn of the 20th Century. The town was prosperous with numerous shipyards and the related industries that supported them. Joanna Colcord, […]

    $5

  • Looking for Joanna Colcord in the Penobscot Marine Museum Archives

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Maybe you have read Joanna Colcord’s Roll and Go: Songs of American Sailormen (celebrating 100 years since it was first published in 1924!). Or perhaps you’re familiar with Joanna’s publications and professional […]

    $5

  • Volunteer Meeting for Twilight Tours

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    The Penobscot Marine Museum is looking for volunteers to portray the spirits of historic sailors, sea captains, and their families at our outdoor October 13th Twilight Tours. Memorize a script […]

  • Ripped from the Headlines Volunteer Meeting

    PMM Old Vestry 2 Church St., Searsport, ME, United States

    Interested in local history or storytelling? Consider joining the cast of Penobscot Marine Museums Ripped from the Headlines: Tales of Bravery, Shipwrecks, and Courage at Sea 2023! You can help […]