Special Events
Events Schedule and Information
Members and employees of Corporate Fleet Members at Mackinaw level and above enjoy free museum admission and programs year round. For more information on membership, view our membership information page.
USS COBIA "Nook & Cranny" Tours
A behind-the-scences look at a WW II submarine!
These smaller tours will last approximately two hours and will give guests a chance to see areas of the submarine not seen on normal tours. Please be advised, this special tour will include ladders and smaller spaces and you must be 16 or older to participate. The cost is $5 per person, plus regular admission for non-members.
The dates and times are:
Saturday, January 28th from 9 – 11 am Sunday, February 12th from 2 – 4 pm Saturday, February 18th from 9 -11 am Sunday, February 26th from 2 -4 pm.
Space is limited so reservations are required. For reservations or more information call the Museum at (920) 684-0218.
Little Lakefarers Storytime
Saturdays at 12:30 PM
If you're visiting the museum with young children on a Saturday this winter, stop by the Little Lakefarers Room at 12:30 PM, where a museum volunteer will read a book and engage in conversation with you and your child! It lasts about 20 minutes, and the book title changes each week. This is free with admission to the museum!
February 4: Sail Away
February 11: Froggy Learns to Swim
Schooner Coast Learning Series: Lakeshore Guardians
Saturday, February 4, 2012 1:00 p.m.
View portions of Wisconsin filmmaker Dan Larson’s documentary Lakeshore Guardians: The Story of the United States Life Saving Service in Wisconsin. Find out about this heroic service of the past and how it evolved into the modern day Coast Guard. Personnel from the Two Rivers Coast Guard Station will be on hand for Q & A after the film.
Schooner Coast Series: An Algoma Civil War Story
Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:00 p.m.
Speaker Mark Teske of Algoma will share his grandfather’s story: how a man from this small lakeshore community played a part in the most turbulent time in our nation’s history.
Saturday Learning Series: The Mysterious Loss of Pere Marquette 18
Saturday, February 25, 2012 1:00 p.m
Art Chavez will give a talk on the mysterious loss of the car ferry Pere Marquette 18, which sank off Sheboygan in September 1910. The 18 is the largest undiscovered steel-hulled shipwreck in Lake Michigan and is the subject of methodical research expeditions by wreck divers and historians.
Girl Scout Brownies "Love Water" Day
Saturday, March 3, 2012 9:30 - Noon OR 1:00 - 3:30
Discover the wonders of water! Learn how water connects people all over the world. Be inspired to lead your family and riends as water advocates.
Games + Experiments + Snacks + Role playing + Time on a real submarine = FUN
These activities will help fulfill your “Love Water” Award requirements!
Space is limited to 40 Brownies, so call right away to register: 920-684-0218 and ask for Karen (extension 105) or Wendy (extension 115).
Family Fun Community Day
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Enjoy a free day of games, galleries, and a Gato class submarine! Watch here for more details.
Rain Barrel Workshop
Saturday, March 24, 2012 beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Join us for a build-your-own rain barrel workshop! The cost if $35 per rain barrel. Participants must be at least 18 years of age. Registration and prepayment is required. Contact JaNelle, FWWA project coordinator at janelle@fwwa.org or phone 920-604-1238. View this flier for more information. This workshop is sponsored by the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Woodland Dunes Nature Center, and the City of Manitowoc with funding from a WDNR River Protection & Planning Grant.
Girls Make History Day and Tea
Sunday, April 22, 2012 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
A fun, educational day filled with maritime-themed activities for young girls. The event will feature activity stations related to historical dolls. Each station will have three components: a game, a craft, and a short history lesson related to the area's maritime heritage during that doll's time period.
In addition, there will be a tea party for girls, their dolls, and an adult from Noon-1:00 p.m. The tea will feature finger sandwiches, tea, pink lemonade, cookies, and cakes.
Girls accompanied by a doll of any type will receive free admission to the museum for the event. Discounted adult admission for the day will be $10.
Reservations for the Tea will be open closer to the event.
28 Manitowoc-built Sub Reunion & USS Lagarto Ceremony
Friday, May 25 - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Visit with submariners and shipyard workers who served on or built the Manitowoc submarines. Attend the USS Lagarto Remembrance Ceremony on Saturday afternoon. The ceremony will take place on deck of USSCobia at 1:00 and is free to the public when viewed from the Riverwalk.
The Registration Form and Schedule of Events will be available soon.
36th Annual Midwestern Model Ships & Boats Contest and Display
May 18-20, 2012
Enjoy the longest running ships & boats model contest in the nation by joining us for this weekend! Whether you're entering a model, viewing models, talking with modelers, or sitting in on the symposium or roundtable, you'll find this to be a fun event! Watch for details as the event date approaches.
Thanks to the following sponsors of our model contest: Rocky Mountain Shipwrights, Chicago Tri-Club Association, Nautical Research & Model Ship Society of Chicago, Badger Air Brush, F.K. Bemis Family, Midwest Model Shipwrights, and members of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
