We have fun activities for families Tuesday-Saturday, April 1-5, 2025 all part of our Spring Break Fun! Tuesday will feature the Coast Guard Auxiliary and water safety activities. Wednesday will have hands-on demonstrations in our…

Whispers Across the Water continues with guest presenter Wayne Lusardi as he shares his experiences recovering a World War II Tuskegee airplane that crashed into Lake Huron in 1944. Since…

Semper Paratus! US Coast Guard and Auxiliary as well as Sea Cadets will be on our Museum campus to clean and polish our amazing historic Coast Guard vessels and clean…

**The event has been cancelled for 2025** Due to extremely low water levels in South Haven Harbor, Friends Good Will cannot safely navigate an exit from its home port of South Haven to travel to Holland for the Tulip Time Festival. Visitors can still step aboard this iconic 1810 replica sloop at our docks at…

Join the Michigan Maritime Museum for a celebration of the 2025 summer season! Festivities begin with our annual Blessing of the Fleet where tall ship Friends Good Will, Museum vessels, and other South Haven harbor boats are part of a ceremony for a safe and successful season. The Blessing is followed by the fish fry celebration…

The Michigan Maritime Museum presents the 44th Antique & Classic Boat Show in South Haven. This event celebrates all kinds of antique and classic small craft from power boats to paddle boats. Woodworkers and collectors alike will show their boats, demonstrations on boat building techniques will be featured, and toy boat building will be available…