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  • MMM Lecture Series: Death and Lighthouses on the Great Lakes

    Lecture Series
    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Losing one’s life while tending to a Great Lakes lighthouse—or any navigational beacon anywhere in the world for that matter—sadly wasn’t such an unusual occurrence. Death by murder, drowning, suicide,…

  • Model Wooden Boat Demonstrations

    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Wednesdays in the Jerry Mason Learning Center from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Learn more about this fascinating hobby that blends hands-on crafting and nautical history with MMM volunteer Sally Nye as she constructs a replica of the 1776 Gunboat Philadelphia. All ages are welcomed but ideal for adults, seniors, and all lifelong learners. This event…

  • Adult Pirate Camp

    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Who says pirate camp is just for kids? Adult Pirate Camp takes all the activities, sailor skills, creativity, and laughs of our kids’ camp and reimagines them just for adults—after…

  • Kids’ Halloween Spooktacular

    Featured
    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Calling all little ghosts and ghouls to the Michigan Maritime Museum Annual Kids’ Halloween Spooktacular! Join us on October 22nd from 5 PM – 7 PM for a family-friendly Halloween…

  • Free Book Signing with John U. Bacon

    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Meet acclaimed Michigan author and journalist John U. Bacon at the Michigan Maritime Museum on Thursday, November 5, from 4:00–5:00 p.m. Bacon will be signing copies of his latest book,…

  • Book of the Year Awards Dinner

    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Join us Thursday, November 5th from 6:00pm-8:30pm for the first annual Michigan Maritime Museum Book of the Year Award Dinner! The Museum is proud to announce The Gales of November:…

  • MMM Lecture Series: USCGC MACKINAW – A Tale of Two Ships

    Lecture Series
    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Join us for an entertaining, informative presentation by author and journalist Mike Fornes about two iconic ships that became known as the “Queen of the Great Lakes”. Since 1944, the Mackinaw has been on guard through gale-force winds, crushing ice flows and blinding snowstorms. The original ship broke ice with brute force, and the new…

  • MMM Lecture Series: Prohibition in Michigan – How the Waterways Shaped History

    Lecture Series
    Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, MI, United States

    Discover how Michigan’s rivers, lakes, and shorelines turned into front-line battlegrounds during the era of the 18th Amendment. The Detroit River, St. Clair River, and Lake Michigan were major smuggling corridors, moving liquor from Canada into cities and small towns alike. From rum-running boats and winter ice routes to organized crime, law enforcement, and everyday…