The National Museum of the Great Lakes invites you, especially museum members in the Columbus, Ohio area to visit our Ohio Shipwrecks exhibit—a new NMGL temporary exhibit opening at the Ohio Statehouse. From Friday, May 12 through September, see a collection of artifacts relating to the shipwrecks on Lake Erie off of Ohio's coast. As
Membership has its benefits! This October “history takes flight” with a special membership swap. Members of the National Museum of the Great Lakes can use their membership card to visit FREE the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan and, at the same time, members of the Yankee Air Museum may visit the National Museum of
Join us for the very first presentation of our 2023 Fall Lecture Series. Offered as a hybrid event, participants can choose when registering to take part in person at the museum or online via Zoom. This lecture's topic is Logging and the Birth of a Land Ethic. How were Michigan White Pine’s logged? What was
Join us 3 Saturdays this Fall for the return of Capt. Scupper’s Songfest—a maritime music and movement class taught in partnership with Sing into Reading. This fun activity targeting our youngest maritime enthusiasts gives kids the chance to build a love of reading through music that incorporates a “Great Lakes twist.” Children ages 0-6 and
Set foot in spaces typically off-limits to visitors in an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship, Museum Tug Ohio and St. Marys Challenger Pilothouse. During this 2-hour experience you have the exclusive opportunity to take a deeper dive into the ships’ inner workings and visit “hard-hat” only locations like the:
Join us for the second presentation of our 2023 Fall Lecture Series. Offered as a hybrid event, participants can choose when registering to take part in person at the museum or online via Zoom. This lecture's topic is Ford Motor Company—A Great Lakes Manufacturer. Registration Required. This lecture is free, but registration is required. Donations
Bring your ghouls and goblins anytime between Friday, October 27 through Sunday, October 29 for Halloween fun aboard two of Toledo’s most historic haunts, the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship and the Museum Tug Ohio. Trick or treat in costume from the pilot houses to the galleys and everywhere in between. Trick-or-treat goodies* will
In honor of the 48th Anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975 we are 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 its similarities to the Edmund Fitzgerald to discuss the
Join us for the final presentation of our 2023 Fall Lecture Series. Offered as a hybrid event, participants can choose when registering to take part in a live-streamed watch party in-person at the museum or online via Zoom. This lecture's topic is Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin. Registration Required. This lecture is free, but registration is required.
Join us 3 Saturdays this Fall for the return of Capt. Scupper’s Songfest—a maritime music and movement class taught in partnership with Sing into Reading. This fun activity targeting our youngest maritime enthusiasts gives kids the chance to build a love of reading through music that incorporates a “Great Lakes twist.” Children ages 0-6 and
