Welcome to the online portion of Penobscot Marine Museum's 2012 Gala Auction! This virtual auction will run from July 16, 2012 to July 26, 2012, with the live event taking place on July 28, 2012 at Point Lookout in Northport, Maine. This is an exciting opportunity to start bidding early, with all bids closing when the gavel falls on the night of our Gala. All proceeds from the auction support Penobscot Marine Museum in preserving, interpreting and celebrating the rich maritime culture of Penobscot Bay and surrounding regions.
This year's spectacular items include recreational watercraft, beautiful antiques, original artwork by Maine artists, fine clothing and jewelry, travel, and more. Please enjoy browsing, bidding, and of course, sharing the news about this great event with your friends.
Our 2012 Gala Auction live event at Point Lookout promises to be a fun evening with great food, wonderful music and of course, fantastic company. Tickets to the Gala may be purchased through July 25. Hope to see you there!
Bid Now to Support Penobscot Marine Museum!
Penobscot Marine Museum is always striving to reach audiences in new and creative ways. Our innovative staff develop experiential learning programs and school curriculum kits that brings the fascinating maritime heritage of the Penobscot Bay region to thousands of school children each year. Our new online photography collections database allows folks worldwide to explore over 50,000 of our more than 100,000 negatives, prints, slides, postcards and daguerreotype - one of the largest archives of historical photographs in Maine! And our programs, collections and exhibits delight visitors of all ages at our Searsport, Maine campus. Stop by this season to check out our current special exhibits: "Summer Folk: The Tourists of Penobscot Bay" and "Art of the Sea Battle", focusing on the War of 1812
Our biennial Gala Auction makes possible so many of the museum's amazing programs. Thank you so much for your interest and support!
Penobscot Marine Museum Honors Maine Maritime Academy at its 2012 PMM Gala Auction!
MaineMaritime Academy has been preparing young men and women for careers on and along the water for more than 70 years. Created by an act of the Maine Legislature in 1941, the academy today has three training vessels: the historic arctic schooner Bowdoin, the tug Pentagoet, and the training ship State of Maine, a 500-foot-long ocean-going classroom that takes students on a two-month cruise each spring. On campus, students have access to sophisticated training labs, simulators, and world-class instruction.
Many MMA graduates have spread their talents all over the world; many have stayed here in Maine, helping our ecomony grow. They find careers in the merchant marine or military fields, as pilots helping vessels navigate in and out of ports, as research scientists and technicians aboard oceanographic research vessels and as business and logistics professionals worldwide. An impressive 95 percent of graduates find work in their chosen fields within 90 days of graduation!
Here at Penobscot Marine Museum we celebrate Maine's rich maritime culture and traditions. Maine Maritime Academy is training the people who will keep those traditions alive while using them to shape new innovations and to keep our maritime industries thriving. Thank you, MMA, for playing such an important role in Maine's maritime past, present and future!
