Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 17, 2025) – The final presentation of the 2024-2025 Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series will be held both in person and online on Thursday, April 3 at 7pm,featuring A Bridge Eye View: Stories from 40 Years of Tending Sturgeon Bay’s Bridges, by Sonja Polster with special guest Rose Pipkorn. Sonja Polster’s husband Bill and […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 3, 2025) – The next presentation of the Maritime Speaker Series is Thursday, March 6 at 7pm: Lumbering to Yachting: The Evolution of Anderson Dock by Jeff O’Keeffe. The Anderson Dock and Warehouse is without a doubt one of Door County’s most recognized landmarks. Over its 166-year history, the dock has changed and evolved in […]

How the Niagara Escarpment impacted the stone industry and maritime development of Door County Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (January 23, 2025) – The next presentation of the 2024-2025 Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series will be held both in person and online on Thursday, February 6 at 7pm,featuring The Ledge, the Lake, and the Limestone: How the Niagara Escarpment […]

Wisconsin (December 31, 2024) – Did you watch the broadcast premiere of the Wisconsin Lighthouses film on PBS Wisconsin on Monday, December 2? If you missed it (or want to watch again), the film is ​​​​​​​available for streaming on PBSWisconsin.org. PBS Wisconsin Education has a fun companion piece to the Wisconsin Lighthouses film, as part of their series The Look Back. It features […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (December 17, 2024) – The next presentation of the 2024-2025 Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series will be held both in person and online on Thursday, January 9 at 7pm, featuringThe Lakeland Lawsuits by DCMM Collections Coordinator Brennan Christianson. (Note: not the first Thursday of January 2025.) On December 3rd, 1924, the Lakeland left the Sturgeon Bay canal headed towards Michigan. […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (November 30, 2024) – Stroll through the Museum’s winter wonderland of beautifully decorated trees, wreaths and decorative displays at Door County Maritime Museum. Fantastically decorated by local businesses, organizations and residents, each of these extraordinary decorations is adorned with beautiful ornaments and special surprises. Decorations will remain at the Museum until December 31 so they […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (October 30, 2024) – This Friday, November 1 at 11am, the Door County Maritime Museum will be dedicating a memorial plaque on the Sturgeon Bay West Waterfront behind the museum to the 23 US sailors and soldiers killed on the USS Westchester County. The Westchester County was built here in Sturgeon Bay at Christie Corporation. On […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (October 22, 2024) – The next presentation of the 2024-2025 Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series will be held both in person and online on Thursday, November 7at 7pm, featuring Thankful for Our Lives of Adventures by Mr. and Mrs. Captain Ray Sheldon and Peggy O’Connell.  Ray and Peggy O’Connell, better known on the […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 25, 2024) – Each Fall, Winter and Spring, the Door County Maritime Museum hosts experts and interesting characters from around the country for the Maritime Speaker Series (presented in partnership with series sponsor the Door County Medical Center). The Maritime Speaker Series offers an assortment of monthly programs – from historical topics to current issues affecting […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 3, 2024) – This beautiful 16’ Shearwater row boat could be yours! Purchase tickets for this boat built by our 2023-24 Wooden Boatbuilding class, and you’re helping the Door County Maritime Museum support and pass down maritime craft and skills. Tickets for chances to win the boat (and trailer, provided by Manitowoc Marina and Shoreland’r) are $20 each, three […]