Keep up-to-date with the latest information about the Door County Maritime Museum!
You can also learn about Door County maritime history in our magazine The Beacon.
DCMM Awarded “Save America’s Treasures” Grant
DCMM was awarded a National Park Service & Institute of Museum and Library Services “Save America’s Treasures” grant for the museum’s new archive and artifact storage project! The grant of $182,520 is targeted for archive and artifact shelving systems in compliance with Department of the Interior and National Park Service Standards for Archeology and Historic…
Support Cana Island Storm Recovery
On Saturday, August 9 at approximately 4pm, a severe summer storm smashed into northern Door County, WI, with straight line winds in excess of 70mph. The brief but intense storm forced the evacuation of the Cana Island Lighthouse by 20 visitors and staff members. The storm downed so many trees and utility poles along the route…
Mariner Honors Dinner
You are cordially invited to an award presentation and dinner honoring all nominees for the Door County Mariner Award and the Sturgeon Bay Area Coast Guard Person of the Year on Monday, August 4, 2025,
Sentinels of The Door
DCMM is pleased to share an exciting new exhibit with our maritime community: Sentinels of The Door. The exhibit, in the Baumgartner Gallery in Sturgeon Bay, celebrates the rich history of the US Coast Guard (and predecessor services) on the Door Peninsula, from Alexander Hamilton’s 1790 letter petitioning to establish the Revenue Cutter Service, to…
Open For The Season!
Cana Island Lighthouse in Baileys Harbor is open daily, 10am-5pm. The Death’s Door Maritime Museum in Gills Rock is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10am-5pm. Tug John Purves is open daily for tours at 10:30am, 11:45am, 1:15pm and 2:30pm. Our Sturgeon Bay museum is now open 9am-5pm daily.
Summer Camp 2025!
Let DCMM summer camps ignite your passion for exploration! DCMM Education is sponsoring camp experiences this summer and registration is now OPEN!
PBS Wisconsin Education
PBS Wisconsin Education has a fun companion piece to the Wisconsin Lighthouses film, as part of their series The Look Back. It features a tour of the Pottawatomie Lighthouse and includes a visit to the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay! PBS Wisconsin Education has also created a 3D…
Winter Hours
As we prepare for a major new exhibit this year, DCMM will be closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays this winter, January through April. Winter Hours will remain 10am-4pm, Thursday through Monday. (The museum will still be accessible to school groups and field trips on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.) Also, the Baumgartner Gallery will be closed to the public…
Annual Anchor appeal
Dear Museum Friends, YOUR Door County Maritime Museum had a great deal to celebrate this year. On June 2, 2025, DCMM entered an exciting new phase of development with the purchase of an existing former manufacturing building to become our new off-site collections storage and archive facility. The building will allow us to more appropriately…
Santa @ The Museum!
Join DCMM on Saturday, November 15 as we kick off the holiday season and our Merry-Time Festival of Trees! Saturday, November 15, 11am-3pm: Santa at the MuseumSanta arrives on a U.S. Coast Guard boat (weather permitting) at 11am, following the Destination Sturgeon Bay holiday parade. Kids of all ages are invited to participate in holiday…