BATH — The 40th annual Albert Reed and Thelma Walker Maritime History Symposium is scheduled to run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Maine Maritime Museum on Washington Street. The theme for this year’s presentations is “The History and Future of the Maritime Experience.”

“The theme was chosen to reflect upon and recognize that Maine Maritime Museum is commemorating its 50th anniversary year during 2012 and that the museum’s collections represent the spectrum of activities that comprise the maritime world,” a release from the museum states. “The topic also encouraged speakers from many areas within the maritime realm to present at the symposium, ranging from academic historians and museum professionals to mariners, boat builders, and military sailors.”

Among the scheduled speakers and topics are boat builders talking about continuing a multi-generational family boatbuilding business, a Coast Guardsman discussing lighthouse automation and preservation, and a professional mariner speaking about the benefits of using traditional sail training vessels to teach future mariners.

Registration fees for the symposium are $60 for museum members, $70 for nonmembers and $35 for students. The fee includes all lectures, breakfast, lunch, dessert, beverages and a concluding reception.

For details and schedule of events, visit www.mainemaritimemuseum.org. Tickets can be purchased online or by phone at 443-1316.

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