Increased public access to the waterfront is a large component of the Launching a Legacy campaign. The campus, exhibits, and waterfront will be linked together making safe accessibility for all visitors possible. This allows for the Museum to better facilitate multi-sensory programming to every person who comes on campus. The additional dock space will take the Museum to the next level in collaborative research programs for visiting vessels and researchers on the Great Lakes. It also opens more possibilities for visiting on-water exhibits and corresponding educational programming.