All current annual and lifetime DCMM members are invited to attend the Annual Membership Meeting of the Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc., on Thursday, September 18, 2025. We’ll host a Members … Read more
Tuesday, August 6 at Idlewild Golf Course, just south of Sturgeon Bay. Have fun, play golf, enjoy good food and honor the service of our local Coast Guard Men and Women. Public invited to play! … Read more
We are once again bursting with pride over the achievements of the Washington Island SeaPerch team at the recent International competition! Bravo Zulu, team Fast and Furious, taking 19th place out of 71 teams! In … Read more
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 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.
The M/V JOSEPH L. BLOCK arrived at the entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal mid-morning on Wednesday January 17, 2024. She proceeded down the bay, through the three Sturgeon Bay bridges, pivoted and backed into her slip for winter layup at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding.
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!
