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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 to Install Temporary Exhibit Showcasing Legacy of Toledo-based Great Lakes Vessel PhotographerJuly 7, 2021 - 12:08 pm
July 7, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On Friday, July 16 the National Museum of the Great Lakes will open their first in-house, temporary exhibit since the onset of the pandemic titled Jim Hoffman: The Photographic Life of Toledo’s Original Boatnerd. The exhibit features the work of Toledoan Jim Hoffman, who passed away on November 7,
History Happy Hour Premieres at the National Museum of the Great LakesJune 3, 2021 - 12:07 pm
June 3, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On Thursday, July 1 from 5 – 7:30 p.m. the National Museum of the Great Lakes will host “History Happy Hour: Sailor Stories.” The event allows guests to enjoy happy hour drinks while exploring the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship to learn more about its history—from early years
ST. MARYS CHALLENGER featured in Last Spring Virtual Lecture and Coming Soon to Museum’s Grounds as Newest ArtifactApril 22, 2021 - 8:04 am
April 22, 2021 (Toledo, Ohio) – On May 12 at 7 p.m., Great Lakes vessel historian and photographer Chris Winters will present St. Marys Challenger: Centennial the Sequel as the final virtual lecture of the National Museum of the Great Lakes’ spring series. Thought to be the oldest self-propelled bulk freighter in the world, the

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