Permanent Collections

The Penobscot Marine Museum maintains collections in more than a dozen areas, including:

• Regional watercraft
• Photography
• Marine art
• Furniture and domestic furnishings
• Ship and boat models
• Navigation instruments
• Other nautical gear
• China trade items
• Industrial artifacts
• Scrimshaw
• Clothing and fabric arts
• Historic buildings
• Ship's papers and other business records
• Genealogy records

Items from these collections are displayed around the campus in several exhibits and in the archives and library. See Photography Collections, Current Exhibits and Research for details.