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Win this Handcrafted Wooden Boat!
The 2024-25 Wooden Boatbuilding Class has completed the 17’ Rangely Lake Boat, which we will raffle this summer and fall. Purchase tickets, and you’re helping the Museum support and pass down this maritime craft and skills to upcoming generations. Tickets for chances to win the boat (and trailer, courtesy of our neighbors at Bay Shore Outfitters!) are…
Sturgeon Bay Maritime Week: August 2–August 9
As one of 30 official U.S. Coast Guard Cities — and the only one in Wisconsin! — Sturgeon Bay celebrates each year with a week filled with events, ceremonies, visiting ships and fun! Monday evening you’re invited to the Mariner Dinner, as we honor exceptional members of our local USCG detachments and mariners in our Door…
Tug John Purves
The dry-docking work for the tug John Purves is complete and the tug is back at home behind the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay!
Door County Classic & Wooden Boat Show 2024
August 2 – August 4, 2024 Bring your crew, friends, and family for boating and fun on Sturgeon Bay’s historic working waterfront! On display at the 33rd annual Door County Classic & Wooden Boat Show are beautiful boats to admire, some professionally built and maintained, others the work of talented amateurs, some boats are in…
2025-26 Maritime Speaker Series
The Maritime Speaker Series offers an assortment of monthly programs – from historical topics to current issues affecting the Great Lakes and the economy that relies on them. UP NEXT –April 2: Diving the Lakeland 100 Years Later: How Wisconsin Pioneered Scuba Diving Science. Presenter: Bill Pelky, DESCO Corporation