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The National Museum of the Great Lakes is owned and operated by the Great Lakes Historical Society. Founded in 1944, the Great Lakes Historical Society has been preserving our shared cultural history by publishing a quarterly journal Inland Seas® since 1945; by operating a maritime museum since 1952; by offering educational programs to the general public since 1956; and by conducting underwater archaeological research across the Great Lakes since 2001.
Our funds are used for special projects carried out for the benefit of the public as well as general operating expenses. If you would like to donate to a specific project or historic site, please specify when you make your donation and mail your contribution to:
National Museum of the Great Lakes
1701 Front Street
Toledo, Ohio 43605.
To donate by phone, call us at 419-214-5000.
Thank you for your support!
(Do you have an artifact or research material for donation? Please use our Artifact Donation Form to tell us about it)
Thank you to our Donors
$5000 and over
Clement O. Miniger Memorial Foundation
Civista Bank
John & Yolanda Szuch
Jim & Pat Appold
Helen & Ritter Shumway Foundation
Buckeye Broadband
Schoonmaker Foundation
Frank Samsel
Lucas County Commissioners
Hylant Family Foundation
Dennis & Kathy Novak
ProMedica
Aline Underhill Orten Foundation
$2500-$4999
The Bettcher Foundation – Kitty Smoke
Royal Order of Ancient Mariners
Larry & Karen Bettcher
Dan Kory & Elaine Canning
Bill & Jean Buckley
Bowling Green State University
$500-$2499
Destination Toledo
University of Toledo Foundation
Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
Merideth Williams
Thomas Geiger
Robert Gasior
Toledo Refining Company
Christopher Gillcrist
International Shipmasters Association
Tyce & Linda McLarty
Mary Ellen Pisanelli
$100-$499
Peter Groh
Michael & Wendy Fedderke
Michael Garvey
Waverly Partners, Inc.
James Hammond
Alpha Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa
George Chapman
Bill & Jean Buckley
Toledo Club Historical Foundation Fund
Phi Kappa Delta
Larry & Karen Bettcher
$1-$99
David & Rebecca Huey
Gretchen Larson
Olivia Barone
Kirk Martin
David Trometer
Scott Bahnsen
Charles Santose
William Plichta
Daniel Zacharias
Gary Gibson
Joseph Lawless
Patrick & Mary Gallagher
Bonnie Gochenauer
Roger & Jane Auge
Kyle & Julie Latham
Walter & Lois Churchill, Jr.
Verna Oehlenschlager
Jeffrey Ram
Arnold Litteken, Jr.
Kay Rasmus
HOURS
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Closed on Mondays: November 1 - April 30
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays: January 1 - March 31
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
