Tickets are selling fast for the Spring Door County Lighthouse Festival, June 7-9, 2019! Don’t miss out on your chance to take part in the tours and excursions to the eleven Door County lighthouses. Tickets are also currently available for the Fall Lighthouse Festival, October 12-13, 2019. The Festival weekends include land-based, boat, and adventure […]
DCMM Launches Educational Programming Partnerships
The Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) is pleased to launch several new programs in the coming weeks designed to engage with local school districts and share our collective maritime history with all area K-12 students. This month, the Museum is partnering with Luxemburg-Casco Intermediate School to start an ongoing project to display maritime artwork created […]
Rotary Club’s 26th Annual Shipyard Tour on Saturday, May 4
The Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay presents the 26th Annual Shipyard Tour on Saturday, May 4, 2019. For one day each year, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and CenterPointe Yacht Services open their doors to the public for tours of the shipbuilding industry. Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding is under the direction and ownership of a world-class shipbuilding company, Fincantieri […]
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Tugboat John Purves
The entire Door County community is invited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic tug John Purves at 11am on Wednesday, May 1 at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay. The event will include the US Army Color Guard, the national anthem sung by Southern Door High School sophomore Brianna Partyka, birthday cake and more. Built […]
DCMM Presenting at CAMM Conference
The Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) is a proud member of the Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM), an association of more than 80 institutions working toward the preservation and interpretation of North America’s maritime heritage. The 2019 CAMM Annual Conference is being held April 24-27 at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc. DCMM is […]
Tickets Available to 2019 Door County Lighthouse Festivals
Tickets are now on sale for both the 2019 Door County Spring and Fall Lighthouse Festivals, June 7-9 and October 12-13. Each festival is comprised of land-based, boat, and adventure tours that together reach all eleven of the historic lighthouses of Door County. Many of the tour excursions are unique to the Lighthouse Festival weekends, […]
DCMM Announces 2019 Door County Lighthouse Festival Tours
The Door County Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the tour line-up for the 2019 Door County Spring and Fall Lighthouse Festivals, June 7-9 and October 12-13. Exciting additions to the Festivals this year include adventurous kayak excursions to view our historic Door County lighthouses. The Festival weekends include land-based, boat, and adventure tours that […]
Maritime Speaker Series: The Sinking of the Half-Moon
The Maritime Speaker Series at the Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) continues on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7pm. Rhys Kuzdas, DCMM Curator and Exhibits Manager, will preview his presentation for the upcoming Council of American Maritime Museums conference on the sinking of Leathem D. Smith’s yacht, the Half-Moon, which sank off the coast of […]
DCMM & WMM Celebrate 50th Birthdays with Golden Ticket
The year 2019 brings a milestone anniversary for not just one but two of Northeastern Wisconsin’s most treasured cultural institutions. Both the Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum (WMM) were founded in 1969, meaning both museums are celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year. To commemorate their “Golden” birthdays, the two museums […]
Maritime Speaker Series featuring filmmaker Jake Heffernan: Lighthouses of Door County Rescheduled
After canceling the original presentation due to a snowstorm, the Maritime Speaker Series: Lighting the Door has been moved to Monday, February 25, 2019 at 7pm at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay. Join Wisconsin independent filmmaker Jake Heffernan for a rare look inside Door County’s historic lighthouses. Jake will share his experiences […]
