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Wisconsin Maritime Museum (ID: 2209)
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The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is an educational institution dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying, and interpreting the artifacts that tell the story of the maritime industry of the Upper Great Lakes region, with emphasis upon the history and culture that makes Wisconsin unique. Hours and Admission Open 7 days a week year 'round! (The Museum is closed New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.) Hours Summer: 9 a.m. 6 p.m. (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend) Winter: 9 a.m. 5 p.m. (Labor Day weekend through Memorial Day weekend) Admission Rates (effective January 1, 2003) Museum only: $7 Adult $6 Child (age 6 12) Free (age 5 and under) Museum and USS COBIA submarine: $9 Adult $7 Child (age 6 12) Free (age 5 and under) $28 Family (2 adults and their children, age 17 and under, from same household) Prearranged Group Tour Rates Reduced rates are available for groups of 20 or more. Please reserve your group tour four weeks in advance. To schedule your tour or for more information, contact the Museum at 920-684-0218. Group Tour Rate: $7 with or without submarine tour Rates and hours subject to change. Suggested Touring Time Allow one hour to tour the Musuem; two hours to tour both the Museum and submarine. Tour guides conduct submarine tours 7 days a week throughout the year. The last 45-minute tour leaves at 5:15 p.m. during summer hours and at 4:15 p.m. during winter hours, weather permitting. Driving Directions The Museum is located on Maritime Drive in downtown Manitowoc, Wisconsin. We are in a large white building, on the bank of the Manitowoc River, next to the Inn On Maritime Bay look for the submarine! From Milwaukee: Follow I-43 North to Exit 149/Hwy 151. Turn right (east) and follow the Hwy 151 signs to 8th Street (approximately 5 miles). Turn left (north) and cross the 8th Street bridge. Turn right (east) onto Maritime Drive; the Museum will be on your right. OR Follow I-43 North to Exit 152/Hwy 10 East. Turn right (east) and continue along Hwy 10, which becomes Waldo Blvd., to Lake Michigan (approximately 3 miles). Turn right on Maritime Drive. Follow Maritime Drive approximately one mile; the Museum will be on your left. From Green Bay: Follow I-43 South to Exit 152/Hwy 10 East. Turn left (east) and continue along Hwy 10, which becomes Waldo Blvd., to Lake Michigan (approximately 3 miles). Turn right on Maritime Drive. Follow Maritime Drive approximately one mile; the Museum will be on your left. From Appleton: Follow Hwy 10 to County Trunk R. Turn right (south) on County Trunk R to Waldo Blvd. Turn left on Waldo Blvd. to Lake Michigan (approximately 3 miles). Turn right on Maritime Drive. Follow Maritime Drive approximately one mile; the Museum will be on your left. From Fond du Lac: Follow Hwy151 to 8th Street (approximately 5 miles). Turn left (north) and cross the 8th Street bridge. Turn right (east) onto Maritime Drive; the Museum will be on your right. Permanent Gallery Step back to the 1840s and learn how shipbuilding and shipping were some of the first industries in the newly-formed state of Wisconsin. Next to a replica cross-section of the schooner CLIPPER CITY, explore the streets of old Manitowoc where shipbuilders, sailors and traders walked more than 150 years ago. Imagine buying a ticket at Goodrich Transportation Co. and traveling on the whaleback steamer CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Learn how Wisconsin shipyards contributed to our nation's growth during the 20th century and its defense during World War II by building ships and submarines in Manitowoc and northeastern Wisconsin. Model Ship Gallery & Carferry Exhibits Scale models, half-hull models and quarterboards tell of Great Lakes sailing ships and freighters, past and present, in the Model Ship Gallery. Learn about Lake Michigan carferries such as CITY OF MIDLAND and CITY OF SAGINAW 31. These unique ships transported passengers and railroad cars between Michigan and Wisconsin ports year 'round, through storms and heavy ice. CHIEF WAWATAM Steam Engine Step into the engine room of a Great Lakes ship in the early 1900s and see a 65-ton steam engine come to life under your control. Built in 1911, this powerful triple-expansion steam engine was used by the ice-breaking carferry CHIEF WAWATAM to transport passengers, vehicles and rail cars across the Straits of Mackinac. Wisconsin-Built Boat Gallery Renowned throughout the Great Lakes and the world, Wisconsin boat builders have a tradition of craftsmanship that goes back 150 years. Walk through the Wisconsin-Built Boat Gallery, presented by the Manitowoc Company, for a close-up view of actual boats that helped build that tradition. The 44-foot luxury yacht LADY ISABEL, built in 1907 by Burger Boat, and 33-foot Palmer-Johnson sailboat SKYBIRD, built in 1947, highlight the collection that also features many examples of Wisconsin-built boats, outboard motors and hunting craft used for pleasure and sport throughout the Great Lakes region. Little Lakefarer's Room Come play with the fish in the unique underwater setting of the Little Lakefarer's Room, presented by Aurora Healthcare. This hands-on environment is a special place for young children and their parents to relax, explore a "shipwreck", look through a periscope, play maritime games, and read about life on and near the water. Children's Waterways Room It's a learning experience unlike any other! The Children's Waterways Room, presented by Burger Boat, allows children of all ages to launch their boat onto a miniature Lake Superior, sail it to the locks at Sault Ste. Marie and continue on to Lake Michigan and Green Bay. Navigate the waterfalls of the Wisconsin River from its headwaters in northern Wisconsin downriver to where it meets the Mississippi come play and learn in the Children's Waterways Room! Please note: From Labor Day through Memorial Day, the Children's Waterways Room is open on weekends only. The Riverside Gallery The beauty and drama of Great Lakes ships and shipping are on display in the Riverside Gallery. From original works by famous marine artists to historic steamship company prints, come step back into another time and place. Currently on display in the Riverside Gallery Of Ships and Men: The Edmund Fitzgerald, featuring a diorama and drawings of the Fitzgerald wreck site by nationally-known maritime artist Richard W. Sullivan, the official artist for the U.S. Coast Guard wreck investigation. The Fitzgerald exhibit runs through February 29, 2004. Special Exhibit Nautical Dreams Under the Christmas Tree Remember the special holiday department store window displays when you were a kid? We're bringing back that tradition with a special display of vintage nautical toys set under period Christmas trees. Come remember a bit of the spirit of Christmas past! Exhibit runs thru January 4, 2004. The Henry Schuette Library and Archives The Wisconsin Maritime Museum research collection is housed in the Henry Schuette Library and Archives. The holdings contain several significant collections as well as general research material concerning the history of the Great Lakes. The Schuette Library and Archives contains approximately 8,000 books and 28,000 photographs in addition to personal and corporate memorabilia. This image, from the Museum's archives, depicts the winter of 1891. Ice skaters glide across the Manitowoc River near the docks of Goodrich Transportation. Today, the Museum is situated in the former location of Goodrich's dock. Special Collections The Barkhausen Collection Named for the donor, the Henry N. Barkhausen Collection consists of several historically significant segments including: artifacts, 19th-century art, photographs, early shipbuilding information and rare books. Each pertains to the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes. Berns Photographic Collection Harry F. Berns acted as the official Naval Photographer for Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II. This collection consists of Berns' photographs of submarines and LCT's in Manitowoc during construction and sea trials. Burger Boat Company Collection This collection reflects the workings of one of the earliest Manitowoc shipbuilding companies. The materials consist of photographs, blueprints and manuscripts that deal primarily with vessels built during the 20th century. Captain Edward Carus Collection Also donated by Barkhausen is the Captain Edward Carus Collection. Developed by Capt. Edward Carus (1860-1947), a Great Lakes steamer captain, the collection consists of photograph and manuscript albums that deal with the development of early shipping, shipwrecks, and wooden hulled sailing and steam vessels from 1880s to 1920s. The USS COBIA Collection The USS COBIA Archival Collection consists of thousands of items related to the World War II fleet submarine USS COBIA, a National Historic Landmark. Collection items include all 1,600 COBIA construction blueprints and hundreds of original Navy-issued operation manuals and technical guides. The COBIA Archival Collection is a unique survivor of World War II and is used extensively by researchers and by volunteers and Naval Reservists for ongoing restoration and preservation of USS COBIA. Kalhenberg Collection The Kalhenberg Collection reflects the work of the Kahlenberg Manufacturing Company of Two Rivers, Wisconsin from 1895 to the 1960s. The collection consists of photographs, catalogs, affidavits, and sales bulletins for the diesel engines and air horns which the company produced, as well as photographs of some of the yachts which contained Kahlenberg manufactured materials. Captain Timothy Kelley Family Collection Developed by Captain Timothy Kelly of Manitowoc, a Great Lakes sailor during the late 1800s and the early 1900s, the collection consists of 65 of his personal diaries dating from 1870 to 1943. These dairies reflect the life of a Great Lakes sailor aboard both sailing vessels and steamers. The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Collection This collection contains materials such as photographs, blueprints, and manuscript items offering information on the construction of vessels by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc and the Bay Shipbuilding Corp. of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Of particular note are views of various vessels, including World War II era submarines, during different stages of construction in the shipyards. Rare Book Collection Thompson's Great Lake Pilot (1859 and 1869); John Charnock's three-volume History of Marine Architecture (1800); M. F. Maury's A New Theoretical and Practical Treastise on Navigation (1836) and The Physical Geography of the Sea (1856); Arthur H. Clark's The History of Yachting 1600 1815 (1903); The Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture (1851) by John W. Griffths; and Sketches of a Tour To The Lakes (1827) by Thomas L. McKenney are some of the titles included in this section of the Library. Ship's Log Collection This special collection includes logs from the Ann Arbor Carferry Line which date from the early 1920s to the mid-1970s; the Orion Steamship Co;, and the Manitowoc Soo Line Bridge Tenders' Log. The collection also holds logs from vessels such as the WELS BURT, GEORGE BURNHAM, C. L. JOHNSTON, LOTTIE WOLF, WHITE SWAN, and THOMAS HOWLAND. The Wooden Shipbuilding Collection The collection consists of plans, vessel lists, builders' half models, prints, watercolors, and oil paintings of historic wooden vessels. The Great Lakes shipbuilders and designers represented in this collection include: William Wallace Bates of Manitowoc, Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Grebe Shipbuilding Company of Chicago, Burger Boat of Manitowoc, the Detroit Dry Dock Co., and C. T. McCutheon, Jr. The Burke & DeWitt Reading and Research Room The Reading and Research Room is open by prior appointment, Monday through Sunday, during the Museum's regular operating hours: Summer, 9 a.m.to 6 p.m. (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend) Winter, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Labor Day weekend through Memorial Day weekend) Research at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum The use of certain manuscripts, records, and photographs are restricted for preservation purposes. For this reason researchers should telephone or write ahead to the Museum Registrar in order to guarantee that the items that they are looking for are available. Filling out a Research Request Form and submitting it to the Museum Registrar will assist the staff in this process. Reproduction Services are currently available through the Museum. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in his/her use of manuscripts, photographs, and other materials; see Conditions for Duplication for details. The Museum is an educational institution dedicated to collecting, studying, and interpreting the artifacts that tell the story of the marine industry. Wisconsin Maritime Museum