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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

Museum Offering Labor Day Free Admission to Union MembersSeptember 1, 2020 - 10:51 am
September 1, 2020 (Toledo, Ohio) – Despite financial hardships due to COVID-19, the National Museum of the Great Lakes will continue their annual tradition to open doors FREE on Labor Day (Monday, September 7) to all union members and union retirees. The museum will be open normal hours from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. “The
Museum Event Aims to Keep Great Lakes History AfloatAugust 14, 2020 - 11:58 am
August 14, 2020 (Toledo, Ohio) – 2020 has seen struggles of historic proportions, especially for museums. A recent survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) suggests up to one-third of U.S. museums may not survive the year. This chilling statistic is one of many driving factors behind the National Museum of the Great
Fish & Ships: NMGL Installs Temporary Exhibit at Toledo ZooJuly 23, 2020 - 7:34 am
July 24, 2020 (Toledo, Ohio) – The National Museum of the Great Lakes is pleased to announce, in collaboration with the Toledo Zoo, a small temporary exhibition entitled “What’s in a Name”. This exhibit, housed in the Reflections Gallery of the Aquarium at the zoo, is part of a larger collection of Great Lakes ships

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Membership Information (Downloadable pdf)

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