Maritime Heritage Center

The proposed Maritime Heritage Center, that would replace the existing Museum visitor center, is an exciting prospect for the growth of the Museum which has been constrained by its space-limited facility. The increased physical size and visitor capacities provided by the project will allow the Museum to become financially secure/independent by operating year-round, making events an economic flywheel and extending mission/service reach beyond South Haven to Southwest Michigan and beyond, resulting in the Museum becoming a premier regional, cultural, social and ‘edutainment’ destination. The new Maritime Heritage Center would have flexible exhibit spaces, a Learning Center, office spaces, Museum store, as well as a second floor event space. The proposed building increases space nearly 4x that of the current facility and offers revenue generating opportunities not currently possible.