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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: Rosie the Riveter & Beyond: How Women Helped Win WWII
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special presentation with Jeannette Gutierrez of the Michigan Rosies as she highlights women’s important contribution to Allied Victory in World War II with a special focus on Michigan’s maritime activities. Jeannette delves into the many ways women did their part\, including war production work\, women in the armed forces\, volunteer women\, and celebrity influencers. The Michigan Rosies is a proudly independent and Michigan-based nonprofit group dedicated to honoring the Rosies of WWII and to preserving Rosie’s legacy in Michigan and beyond. Learn more at www.michiganrosies.org.  \n\nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person.\n\n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt. \nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-rosie-the-riveter-beyond-how-women-helped-win-wwii/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: Unraveling the Mysteries of a Michigan Dugout Canoe
DESCRIPTION:Join us as former MMM curator Kenneth Pott reflects on the discovery and documentation of one of the Michigan Maritime Museum’s oldest artifacts\, a 16 foot long dugout canoe. After the presentation\, we will be officially premiering the canoe’s new display inside the Heritage Center\, featuring a custom\, professional grade artifact case and new interpretative panels to share the history of this rare indigenous-built vessel. \n\nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person.\n\n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt.\nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-a-michigan-dugout-canoe/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260623T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260623T190000
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: Iron Ore Trimmers Wars on the Upper Great Lakes
DESCRIPTION:Iron ore trimmers of the late 1800s worked by hand in gangs to level the cargo dumped into a vessel’s hold. It was dirty\, exhausting work that depended on speed and reliability. Trimmers occupied a unique position on the docks\, often fighting rival gangs and employers to keep the work in their control. The trimmers of Escanaba and Marquette fought in a series of conflicts local papers dubbed the “trimmer wars\,” battling with fists\, shovels\, clubs\, and sometimes bullets. \n\nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person.\n\n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt.\nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-iron-ore-trimmers-wars-on-the-upper-great-lakes/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260722T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260722T193000
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes
DESCRIPTION:Eber Brock Ward (1811–1875) began his career as a cabin boy on his uncle’s sailing vessels\, but when he died in 1875\, he was the wealthiest man in Michigan. Decades before moguls such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller\, Ward was already vertically integrating his operations into an empire. And yet\, despite his countless successes\, Ward’s life was filled with ruthless competition\, labor conflict\, familial dispute\, and scandal. Join us as we uncover this forgotten\, but fascinating figure of Michigan history with Michael Nagle\, historian and author of The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes.  \n\nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person.\n\n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt.\nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-the-forgotten-iron-king-of-the-great-lakes/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: The Three Lives of USS LST-393
DESCRIPTION:Landing Ship\, Tank (LST) vessels were among the most essential — and least celebrated — ships of World War II. Join us as USS LST 393 Veterans Museum Director Ryan Lancaster tells the story of this ship which lived three distinct lives; first as a WWII amphibious warship on the beaches of Normandy and across the European Theater\, as a postwar working vessel on the Great Lakes\, and finally as a museum in Muskegon\, Michigan. Drawing on crew accounts\, archival research\, and ongoing preservation work\, this presentation will explore how LSTs operated\, what daily life was like aboard these ships and why preserving USS LST 393 matters so much today. \n\nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person.\n\n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Susan Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt.\nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-the-three-lives-of-uss-lst-393/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: Death and Lighthouses on the Great Lakes
DESCRIPTION: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\, or other unnatural and tragic causes\, while rare\, was not unheard of. In fact\, more than a dozen lighthouse keepers around the Great Lakes met their maker at the hands of others—by fire\, poisoning\, bludgeoning\, and other unknown means. Join us as Dianna Stampfler\, author of Death and Lighthouses on the Great Lakes\, delves into her research\, which brought these stories to life… despite the deaths of those featured. \n\nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person.\n\n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt.\nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-death-and-lighthouses-on-the-great-lakes/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: Where the Food Grows on the Water
DESCRIPTION:Mnomen\, or wild rice\, is a culturally and historically significant crop for the Native peoples of the Great Lakes. Join us as Cecil Wilson\, historian for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi\, explores the historical and contemporary connections between mnomen and the Pokagon people. A hands-on display will accompany the talk and recreate a traditional wild rice camp to demonstrate the methods used to harvest this vital food. \nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person. \n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt. \nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-where-the-food-grows-on-the-water/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T183000
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: USCGC MACKINAW – A Tale of Two Ships
DESCRIPTION: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 version does the same job with finesse and technology. Take a trip through the first six decades of the ship’s history and hear tales of unusual missions\, drama and comedy.  \nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person. \n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt.\nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-a-tale-of-two-ships/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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SUMMARY:MMM Lecture Series: Prohibition in Michigan – How the Waterways Shaped History
DESCRIPTION: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 citizens who quietly defied the law\, we’ll take a look at how waterborne networks made Prohibition impossible to fully enforce and ultimately positioned Michigan as a key player in the national fight for repeal. \nTickets are free for Museum members and $10 for non-members. Doors open at 6 PM. You can purchase tickets for this event online\, over the phone\, or in-person. \n\nThis lecture series is made possible thanks to the Nielsen-Wells Grant Fund and Mike & Sue Smith.\nThe virtual viewing is made possible thanks to Steve & Emily Holt.\nReserve Tickets Here!\nPurchase your Virtual Lecture Pass Here!
URL:https://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/event/mmm-lecture-series-prohibition-in-michigan-how-the-waterways-shaped-history/
LOCATION:Michigan Maritime Museum\, 260 Dyckman Avenue\, South Haven\, MI\, 49090\, United States
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