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Joining The National Museum of the Great Lakes as a member allows you to share a commitment to our mission: to preserve and make known the important history of the U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes.

We accomplish this mission by operating the National Museum of the Great Lakes, the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship, and Maritime Park in Toledo. We also publish Inland Seas®, the finest quarterly journal dedicated to Great Lakes history in the world! We educate the public with our speaker’s bureau. We also research and investigate shipwrecks with the Peachman Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Program. These activities and facilities make The Great Lakes Historical Society the premier organization dedicated to preserving the history of the Great Lakes!

For more details on our two levels of membership packages, see:

Membership

Membership Benefits

Benefit	Day Ticket	Museum Only	Museum + Inland Seas®
Entrance to the Museum for one day	X	X	X
Free entrance to the museum for one year		X	X
Reduced and Free admission to certain special events		X	X
10% discount in the museum gift shop		X	X
10% discount on fee based education programs		X	X
Subscription to The Chadburn – our quarterly newsletter		X	X
Subscription to the E-Chadburn – our monthly electronic newsletter		X	X
1 year subscription to Inland Seas®			X
A Great Lakes Ships Calendar			X

Membership Information (Downloadable pdf)

NMGL Membership Brochure

News

Executive Director of Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to Deliver Final 2021 LectureNovember 18, 2021 - 7:28 am
November 18, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On Wednesday, December 1, at 7 p.m. the National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) will welcome Bruce Lynn, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, to deliver the final presentation in their annual fall lecture series titled Braving the Waves: Life-Saving Service on the Shipwreck Coast. “The
Museum Welcomes “Christmas Tree Ship” to Spark Holiday Spirit and Support Holiday NeedsNovember 10, 2021 - 7:35 pm
November 11, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On Saturday, December 4 from 1-4 p.m. the National Museum of the Great Lakes will welcome the arrival of the Christmas Tree Ship. Together in partnership with Geo. Gradel Co., individuals are invited to purchase a Christmas Tree for themselves or a family in need and then watch Santa
History Happy Hour Returns inside the National Museum of the Great LakesNovember 1, 2021 - 7:55 am
November 1, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On Thursday, November 18 from 5 – 7:30 p.m. the National Museum of the Great Lakes will host History Happy Hour: Rogues, Rebels, and Radicals. The after-hours event allows guests to enjoy happy hour drinks while learning more about Great Lakes historical characters who forged their own path or

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