The Peterson Gallery at DCMM Sturgeon Bay will be closed to the public January-April 2026 as we begin a complete overhaul of that space, which will reopen in May 2026. The new Gallery will include the Ellsworth & Carla Peterson Special Exhibit Space for temporary and traveling exhibitions, Young Mariner’s interactive exhibits for our younger visitors, while preserving and highlighting the authentic, working submarine periscope and the original Safeway container from Leathem D. Smith.
The three other legacy galleries of the Sturgeon Bay museum – along with the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower – are all open and ready for your visit!
The gallery updates are generously funded by the Ellsworth & Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation, a Destination Door County Community Investment Grant, HJ Martin and Son, the Tatman Foundation and the Pivot Rock Fund.