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Become a Member

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
BenefitDay TicketMuseum OnlyMuseum + Inland Seas®
Entrance to the Museum for one dayXXX
Free entrance to the museum for one yearXX
Reduced and Free admission to certain special eventsXX
10% discount in the museum gift shopXX
10% discount on fee based education programsXX
Subscription to The Chadburn – our quarterly newsletterXX
Subscription to the E-Chadburn – our monthly electronic newsletterXX
1 year subscription to Inland Seas® X
A Great Lakes Ships CalendarX
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  • Museum Lecture Takes a “Deeper Dive” to Explore Underwater HistoryMarch 2, 2021 - 1:43 pm

    March 2, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On Wednesday, March 17 at 7 p.m., the National Museum of the Great Lakes will plunge into the early years of diving with a virtual lecture titled The Heroic Age of Diving featuring Jerry Kuntz. In the 1840s and 50s, Lake Erie became the proving ground for the infancy

  • Women’s History Month Begins Early with Museum Lecture Featuring Heroic Women in the U.S. Lighthouse ServiceFebruary 9, 2021 - 7:18 am

    February 9, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – More than 50 women defied the gender expectations of their time to serve the sailing communities on Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, as well as on the Detroit River, during the active lighthouse-keeping era. On Wednesday, February 24, at 7 p.m., the National Museum of the Great Lakes will

  • Museum Holds Capstone Presentation Featuring Toledo-area Experts and HistoriansJanuary 19, 2021 - 12:26 pm

    January 19, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On Wednesday, February 3, at 7 p.m. the National Museum of the Great Lakes will begin their annual spring lecture series with a roundtable discussion highlighting the “Port of Toledo: Then & Now”. The virtual event is meant to be a capstone to a multi-part, yearlong exhibit highlighting the

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National Museum of the Great Lakes
1701 Front Street
Toledo, Ohio 43605
United States of America
Phone: (419) 214-5000
Url: www.nmgl.org

HOURS

Monday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Closed on Tuesdays: November 1 - April 30

Museum is Closed New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve
SS Col James M. Schoonmaker and Tug Ohio
open May – October
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The National Museum of the Great Lakes reveals the varied and fascinating history of our treasured Great Lakes, which make up 84% of all of the fresh water in North America. Come explore the history of the world's greatest natural resource—from canoes and schooners to early steamers and freighters—some of which ply the mighty Maumee River right next to the Museum.
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