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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

Giving Tuesday is Creating Waves of Hope for Great Lakes HistoryNovember 17, 2020 - 9:07 am
November 17, 2020 (Toledo, Ohio) –The National Museum of the Great Lakes has officially launched our 2020 Giving Tuesday campaign meant to create awareness of our mission, reduce financial burdens due to the pandemic, and generate waves of hope in support of Great Lakes History. Giving Tuesday, a day encouraging people to do good through
Museum Hosts “Christmas Tree Ship” to Spark Holiday Spirit, Support Children and Families in NeedNovember 11, 2020 - 8:10 am
November 11, 2020 (Toledo, Ohio) – On November 23, 1912, the schooner Rouse Simmons sank while carrying Christmas trees. Known as the Christmas Tree Ship, her captain, Herman E. Schuenemann (a.k.a. “Captain Santa”), was known for giving trees to families in need. This is the inspiration behind the National Museum of the Great Lakes annual
Museum to Host Exclusive Small Group Tours in Honor of S.S. EDMUND FITZGERALD Tragic AnniversaryOctober 23, 2020 - 7:12 am
October 20, 2020 (Toledo, Ohio) – In recognition of the 45th Anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, the National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) is offering a weekend of special tours. The Fitzgerald Experience is a guided tour of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship, using our lake freighter and

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