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Admission Center: Buy admission tickets here. Also visit the Museum Store, have pictures framed at The Museum Framer. Restrooms.
Main Street Gallery: Current exhibit: The Art of the Boat. Contemporary artists explore the themes of the boat as a work of art and the boatbuilder as artist.
Savage Education Center: Containing the Peapod, a hands-on activity center for young children, including creative play opportunities "aboard" a merchant vessel and "ashore" in a 19th century town.
First Congregational Church of Searsport: This is an active congregation, not a museum building, but the church invites visitors to view their beautiful sanctuary and historic stained glass windows. (Ask for schedule of openings at the Admission Center.)
Captain Jeremiah Merithew House: Floor 1: Working the Bay explores the industries that flourished around Penobscot Bay. The Captains Gallery features portraits of more than 300 Searsport sea captains; an interactive kiosk offers stories of captains and their wives. Souvenirs from the Orient displays items brought back from Asia by Maine captains and seamen. Floor 2: Ship models, scrimshaw, and marine art, including works by Robert Salmon and the Buttersworths. A large selection of paintings represents the core of this year's commemorative exhibit 75 for 75.
Old Vestry: Former schoolhouse and vestry of the nearby Congregational Church, now home to the Marine Science Lab, where children enjoy crafts and hands-on marine science activities. Restrooms.
Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Gallery: The lobby houses rotating exhibits. In the gallery itself, the Seabag Visible Storage Center makes a variety of additional artifacts available for inspection. Scheduled to open July 23, with limited hours (ask at Admission Center).
Stephen Phillips Memorial Library: The museum's research center and home to our archives and photography collections. Call for hours.
Old Town Hall: Searsport's original 1845 Town Hall houses Gone Fishing: The Story of Maine’s Sea Fisheries. Through interactive and family-friendly displays and activities, including a schooner's dory, fishing village, and pier, this exhibit offers historic and contemporary views of commercial fishing in Maine.
Duncan House: Administrative offices; not open to the public.
Duncan Boat Barn: boats and engines
Boat House: recreational and working boats
Yard in the Yard: Scaled-down model of a square-rigger’s mast offers visitors a chance to try out rigging and sails. Also features a working capstan and a ship's wheel.
Ross Carriage Barn: This old carriage house is home to Rowboats and Rusticators, an exhibit of historic Maine recreational boats.
Fowler-True-Ross Barn: Maine boats and canoes
Fowler-True-Ross House: Restored, fully-furnished 19th century sea captain’s home. See how families lived in maritime Maine. Also an exhibit of childhood in Maine.