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October 2019
Educational Resource Fair
Learn about Toledo-area educational resources from 12+ community organizations. Meet with the programming staff of northwest Ohio's best informal education institutions as well as learn about hidden gems to energize classroom instruction. Get access to classroom resources, sign up for field trips, learn about partnership opportunities and more at this free event! Open to all Educators and Non-profit Program Staff! That includes administrators, homeschooling educators, after school program coordinators and pre-service teachers. Each attendee will receive FREE ADMISSION to the National Museum of…
Find out more »Speakers Bureau – Independence Village Aurora
Chris Gillcrist, Executive Director of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, will present "Black Friday - October 20, 1916" This program is open to residents of Independence Village - Aurora and their guests.
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Boo on the Boat
Bring your ghouls and goblins for Halloween fun aboard one of Toledo's most historic haunts, the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship. Trick or treat in costume from the pilot house to the galley and everywhere in between. Museum Admission Required. All children must be accompanied by a paid adult. $8 - Children (6-17), $10 - Seniors (65+), $11 - Adults (18-64), Children 5 and under FREE, NMGL Members FREE Admission onto the Schoonmaker is included FREE with museum admission on…
Find out more »Fall Lecture Series: “The Wolf Finally Came, Again: Weathering the Great Recession on the Great Lakes”
Chris WintersThe Wolf Finally Came, Again: Weathering the Great Recession on the Great Lakes by Chris Winters, Photographer and Historian. Join photographer and historian Chris Winters as he discusses how the Great Lakes shipping industry was impacted by the 2008 Great Recession. Together, we’ll discuss topics such as the planned conversion of the John Sherwin (whose propeller sits in front of NMGL) and the unexpected last passage of the Edward L. Ryerson (which Winters was lucky enough to be aboard during…
Find out more »November 2019
Speakers Bureau – Brichard Public Library
Carrie Sowden, Archaeological Director of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, will present "Titanic and the Great Lakes". Commemorate the loss of the Titanic with this overview presentation of the ship, its building, first trip, and sinking. Throughout we will look at Great Lakes connections to this story. This program is open to the public. Please contact Brichard Public Library for further details.
Find out more »The Fitzgerald Experience
In honor of the 44th Anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975 we are offering a weekend of special programming. The Fitzgerald Experience begins with 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 events of November 10, 1975, theories about the sinking and stories about the 29 crew members who were lost. This tour is approximately 75 minutes long. Following the guided tour, we will…
Find out more »The Fitzgerald Experience
In honor of the 44th Anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975 we are offering a weekend of special programming. The Fitzgerald Experience begins with 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 events of November 10, 1975, theories about the sinking and stories about the 29 crew members who were lost. This tour is approximately 75 minutes long. Following the guided tour, we will…
Find out more »Fall Lecture Series: “Six Decades of Know Your Ships”
Six Decades of "Know Your Ships" by Roger LeLievre, editor and publisher. "Know Your Ships" editor and publisher Roger LeLievre will join us to discuss the 60-year history of the popular annual vessel field guide up to the recent release of the new hardcover book "Know Your Ships: Decades" (an editors' choice highlighting the guide’s many outstanding images since its founding in 1959). Books will be available for sale and signing at the gift shop. Lectures are included in the…
Find out more »December 2019
Christmas Tree Ship 2019
Join us in welcoming the arrival of Santa Claus and a tugboat full of Christmas Trees! Spectators can watch Santa and his boatload of trees dock behind the museum around noon, pick-up pre-ordered trees and enjoy visiting the museum while munching on holiday snacks with Santa. Museum Admission is FREE between 10-1 a.m. that day. GET A TREE / GIVE A TREE: Get your Christmas Tree from Toledo’s very own “Christmas Tree Ship” OR donate a tree to a family…
Find out more »Fall Lecture Series: “When It’s More than a Vacation, Henry Gorrill’s Trip to the North Shore, 1868”
When It's More than a Vacation, Henry Gorrill's Trip to the North Shore, 1868 by Dr. Bruce Way, historian, University of Toledo Experience the travels and travails of a young Toledo lawyer through his reporting to the Toledo Commercial in 1868. Follow Henry Gorrill on his journey aboard the steamer Keweenaw from Detroit, MI to Superior, WI and learn about his experiences on Isle Royale where he met up with the University of Michigan Scientific Expedition of 1868. Lectures are included in the cost of museum…
Find out more »HOURS
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Closed on Tuesdays: November 1 - April 30
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
