Sensory Friendly Evening
Wisconsin Maritime MuseumMuseums are for everyone! Join us for a sensory-friendly evening designed for anyone looking for a more relaxed museum experience, no matter their age or ability level, and their families. […]
Museums are for everyone! Join us for a sensory-friendly evening designed for anyone looking for a more relaxed museum experience, no matter their age or ability level, and their families. […]
Join us for Living History Tours aboard USS COBIA! Members of the USS COBIA Living History Crew will be stationed throughout the submarine all day (10:00AM-4:00PM) to welcome guests and […]
The Ghost Ships Festival is two-day public, community event held annually in Wisconsin to promote research, education and public awareness of Great Lakes maritime history through the stories, remains and […]
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum invites you to celebrate USS COBIA's 81st "Birthday Party" on Saturday March 23rd, 2024 from 10am-4pm. Join in the festivities and enjoy living history tours of […]
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum invites you to dive into the wonderful world of shipwrecks and underwater archaeology with "Shipwreck Day" on Saturday April 20th, 2024 from 10:00am-3:00pm. Join us for […]
Please join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum on May 2, 2024 at 6:30pm for our Think & Drink series presentation "We Do This for the Water" with Siobhan Marks/Zeegwan Noodenese. The featured drink of the night will be Cedar Tea. Josephine Mandamin was an Anishinaabe elder and Water rights activist who walked around the Great Lakes, […]
Join us for the opening day of our newest exhibit: Wisconsin's Shipwreck Coasts! Wisconsin is a maritime state. Over the past 300 years, people from across Europe and beyond navigated to Wisconsin in search of a better life. Many risked their lives by sailing aboard ships through the Great Lakes during a time when shipwrecks […]
Check out the Midwest’s longest-running model contest and vote on your favorites! The models will be on display to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Friday is model set-up. See our website for details on registration, a schedule of events, and more information: https://bit.ly/3wGLUJC
Please join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum on June 6th at 6:30pm for our Think & Drink series presentation "The Music of Victory at Sea" with Professor George Ferencz. The featured drink of the night will be a Suffering Bastard. In 1952-53, NBC brought WWII right into American living rooms as network television found its way […]
The sonic boom of a fog horn can pierce through the thickest fog to warn ships of upcoming hazards. From 11:00am-3:00pm on Saturday June 15, 2024, join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum as Historian Jake Heffernan tells the story of the evolution of the fog horn! Learn about how sirens and diaphones generate sound by chopping […]
Museums are for everyone! Join us for a sensory-friendly evening designed for anyone looking for a more relaxed museum experience, no matter their age or ability level, and their families. At this free event sponsored by Festival Foods, you will have access to the Museum as well as an opportunity to take a sensory-friendly submarine […]