Our April Member Monday will feature Executive Director Karen Smith, who will offer insights into the American Alliance of Museums accreditation process. We invite you to join us to hear more about the benchmarks set by AAM to help museums like us achieve excellence. Karen will share some examples of the work PMM does behind the scenes, on […]

For years the sardine industry was a major enterprise and what many remember were the sardine carriers plying the coast bringing the catch to market. The early boats evolved into the impressive carriers of the late 1940s. Penobscot Marine Museum board president Jon Johansen will discuss the design changes. He’ll also share a number of […]

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. This industry was a part of the economic, cultural, and social fabric of families and communities all along our state’s coast. Photo Archivist Kevin Johnson […]

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 work was done and see examples of historical treasures uncovered.  Focusing on instances of emotion found in otherwise routine record books, the talk highlights the […]

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. PMM curator Cipperly Good is changing that by holding listening sessions with former cannery workers and community members in sardine cannery towns to document the […]