Lighthouse Cruise, Talk on Reducing Heating Bills the Green Way, and Children’s Story Hour Coming Up at Penobscot Marine Museum

Lighthouse Cruise, Talk on Reducing Heating Bills the Green Way, and Children’s Story Hour Coming Up at Penobscot Marine Museum

June 28, 2013 – Join Penobscot Marine Museum curator Cipperly Good for Lighthouse Tour of Penobscot Bay by Boat!  See eight lighthouses, including Eagle Island on a Camden Harbor Cruises boat.  The captain will provide commentary on the lighthouses and other features of the Bay with Ms. Good adding historical context. Coffee and muffins on board. Tuesday, July 9.  Leave Camden dock at 8:15, return at 12:15.  Tickets are $115 for members and $130 for non-members.  Buy tickets online at http://lighthousecruise.eventbrite.com or call  207-548-2529.

Penobscot Marine Museum’s Children’s Story Hour and Book Signing will feature
celebrated children’s illustrator and author Chris Van Dusen on Wednesday, July 10, 11:00 am.  Chris will read his beloved children’s book The Circus Ship.  This exciting story tells of the burning of the ship ROYAL TAR off the coast of Vinalhaven, and the rescue of the circus animals it was carrying.  There will be a book signing afterwards.   Free with PMM admission.  At PMM in the Peapod.



If you would like to find out how to have no heating or hot water bills, come hear Matthew O'Malia’s talk “How To Keep Warm and Stay Green” at Penobscot Marine Museum on Thursday, July 11th at 7:00 pm.  O’Malia is an architect and partner of GO Logic, the firm which designed Maine’s first Passive House Certified home.  This house is so energy-efficient it will have no heating or hot water bills for the next 25 years.  G O Logic also designed the Belfast Area Co-housing Community and TerraHaus, a dormitory at Unity College.  Their many awards include the Citation for Excellence in Architecture from AIA New England.  They provide a comprehensive problem-solving approach to the design and construction of quality, sustainable, zero-energy buildings.  Matthew will discuss the concepts and details of the highly-insulated passive solar house building.  The talk will be at PMM’s Stephen Phillips Memorial Library, 11 Church Street, Searsport.  Tickets in advance are $8 for members, $10 for non-members, or at the door $12 members, $15 non-members.   Buy tickets online at http://gologic.eventbrite.com or call  207-548-2529.