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.

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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

  • Speaker: Sardine Carriers with Jon Johansen

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    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 […]

    $5

  • Member Monday: Achieving Accreditation

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    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 […]

  • Member Monday — Cannery Town Listening Sessions

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    Our March Member Monday will feature our curator Cipperly Good.  While the Maine sardine industry was well documented with oral histories during its heyday in the 20th century, not much has been recorded […]

  • Member Monday — We Didn’t Start the Fire

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    In this Member Monday program, education director Jeana Ganskop will explore the history of Maine’s fascinating lime industry. People took rock out of the ground, burned it into something new, […]

  • Working the Sea Book Talk

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    Join PMM for a presentation about the new book Working the Sea, written by Michael Crowley, and featuring 100 photographs from our National Fisherman collection.

  • 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

  • Member Monday: 2024 Exhibits Featuring Joanna Colcord

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    This season, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Joanna Colcord’s book Roll and Go: Songs of American Sailormen, we will feature three exhibits relating to Joanna. In this Member Monday, PMM Education Director Jeana Ganskop will share highlights from each of them. Member Mondays are included as a member benefit and feature intimate Zoom lunchtime programs […]

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