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  • 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…

  • 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 dark, a little spooky, and full of fun. Join us for an adults-only evening of maritime mischief and pirate revelry at the Michigan Maritime Museum.…

  • Kids’ Halloween Spooktacular

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    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 celebration. When children arrive, they’ll be given a treasure map guiding them to eight learning locations across the Museum’s campus. At each stop, they’ll have…

  • 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, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Michigan Maritime Museum’s 2026 Book of the Year selection. The book offers a…

  • 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: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald (2025), written by award-winning journalist and author John U. Bacon, as this year’s award recipient. Guests are invited…

  • 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…