April 2013 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9. Waterfront News Margaret Macleod of Rockport, was


MARGARET MACLEOD NEW APPRENTICESHOP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Known widely for its wooden boat-


hired on February 4 as the new Executive Director of The Apprenticeshop in Rockland. Her hiring comes at an important moment in the growth of the 40-year-old school for traditional boatbuilding and seamanship, which is simultaneously designing a new curriculum to better meet the needs of ap- prentices and boatbuilders, expanding its community sailing opportunities on the Rockland waterfront, successfully pursuing an ambitious fi ve-year capital campaign, and of course, building new wooden boats. Macleod has served ably as Interim Ex-


ecutive Director since mid-December 2012, upon the departure of Eric Stockinger. Prior to that, she was The Apprenticeshop’s Devel- opment Director for over three years. In that position, she played a vital role in helping to


Penobscot Marine Museum announces the launch of its signifi cantly enlarged and newly designed history website Penobscot Bay History Online (http://www.penobscot- marinemuseum.org/pbho-1/). The updated website now offers even more Museum resources for researchers and educators. It includes a searchable database of images of hundreds of objects from Penobscot Marine Museum’s collection of marine paintings, journal entries, manuscripts, maps, and more. Two new original source documents have been added: the journal of a 14 year old girl from Brewer, Maine, who sailed with her sea captain father in 1880, and a log kept by the coolie master on a Rockland ship that brought 500 Chinese coolies to Cuba in 1861 to work in the sugar fi elds. This major website renovation was funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).


Penobscot Bay History Online is designed around eleven maritime history topics: Maritime Communities, Our Maine Ancestors, Fisheries, Working the Bay, His- tory of Navigation, Ships and Shipbuilding,


meet the expanding demands for funding and administrative oversight as the educational nonprofi t grew. Before her work with The Appren-


ticeshop, Macleod worked for other Maine nonprofits including Maine Audubon and Ashwood Waldorf School. That experience and her hiring allow The Apprenticeshop to maintain operational momentum on all its projects, and to start into 2013 without breaking stride. “All of us who worked with Margaret


while she led The Apprenticeshop’s devel- opment program found in her the leadership talent, spirit and dedication needed now to guide the Shop and its new program offerings into its next 40 years. She’ll be a great Exec- utive Director,” said Tom Wood, co-chair of the Board of Directors.


Maine and the Orient, Life at Sea, Marine Art, and the newly created Searsport Cap- tains, and Women’s Roles. Each of these topics has seven to thirteen chapters, is illustrated with photographs of objects from the Penobscot Marine Museum collection, and has an expanded glossary. As a special feature for educators, the learning standards (Maine Learning Results and Common Core) which are addressed in each chapter are listed on the website.


The original Penobscot Bay History Online website was built with a 2004-2006 grant from IMLS. The grant also funded the book MATES: Museum and Teachers Educating Students. This book identifi ed nine topics in maritime history which were supported by Museum resources, and in- cluded suggested activities and additional resources. As a result of these projects, Penobscot Marine Museum Education Department was asked to partner with local schools on the After School Program grant and to create a maritime history program. Penobscot Marine Museum then created a Maine Maritime History Curriculum for day


building apprenticeship, students come to The Apprenticeshop from around the world to hone their skills and learn the craft. The Apprenticeshop’s Rockland Community Sailing program is a gateway to Rockland Harbor for youth and adults. Summer sailing camps, a high school sailing tea serving all mid-coast schools, and after school programs provide ample opportunity for locals to learn boating. Students in the boatbuilding shop are currently at work building a 29’ whaleboat to accompany the re-launching of the historic 106’ whaleship Charles W. Morgan, in the permanent collection of the world-renowned Mystic Seaport Museum of Mystic, Connecticut. Visitors may view the whaleboat in progress Monday through Friday or by prior appointment.


Penobscot Marine Museum Launches History Website


Gilkey family at sea, from the PMM Photograph Collection.


classrooms and most recently has packaged this successful Curriculum into History Kits for rental to schools, thus making access to the Maritime History Curriculum more


affordable for schools. This project was the work of Penobscot Marine Museum Educa- tion Director Betty Schopmeyer, who retired this month.


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