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 … Read more

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 … Read more

Annual Anchor appeal

Dear Museum Friends, Earlier this year, your Door County Maritime Museum received Core Document Verification from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). This means that DCMM’s mission and vision statements, long-range strategic plan, collections care policy, emergency management plans, … Read more

Santa @ The Museum!

Join DCMM on Saturday, November 16 as we kick off the holiday season and our Merry-Time Festival of Trees! Santa arrives on a U.S. Coast Guard boat (weather permitting) at 11am, following the Destination Sturgeon Bay holiday … Read more

Jingle Mixer 2024!

DCMM is throwing a Holiday party! We’re inviting you to celebrate the holidays, and mix and mingle through the Door County ‘Merry’-Time Museum’s winter wonderland during the Jingle Mixer, the evening of Tuesday, December 10. … Read more

National Maritime Day – May 22

Honoring National Maritime Day 2024 on Wednesday. May 22, the Door County Maritime Museum will offer Pay-What-You-Can admission to all three DCMM locations for the day (Sturgeon Bay, Cana Island and Death’s Door), celebrating our beloved maritime community.

DCMM Recognized for Excellence

DCMM recently learned that the organization has passed the American Alliance of Museums’ Core Documents Verification, an important milestone in its ongoing efforts to demonstrate excellence and meet museum industry standards and best practices.