The Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) is pleased to present our newest exhibit Built for Battle: Sturgeon Bay Ships in World War II online. The Museum is working to make our educational resources and archives available online as quickly as possible. Beginning Wednesday, April 8th and continuing each school day through April 22nd (no post on Good […]
Door County Lighthouse Festival Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the 2020 Door County Spring and Fall Lighthouse Festivals, June 12-14 and October 3-4, are now on sale! The Lighthouse Festivals include land-based, boat, adventure and now air tours with options to reach all 11 of the treasured lighthouses of Door County. Many of the tour excursions are unique to the Lighthouse Festivals, and provide exclusive access to […]
DCMM Online Educational Resources
As our community transitions to a “new normal” during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Door County Maritime Museum wishes to continue to fulfill our mission to preserve and celebrate the rich maritime history of Door County and the Great Lakes. We want to continue to educate and engage our community, especially our area school-age population, currently […]
Maritime Museum COVID-19 Update
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 24, 2020) – The Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) is closely monitoring the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus situation and implementing our Emergency Response Plan that outlines specific recommendations to meet the standards and recommendations made by the Centers for Disease Control. With Governor Tony Evers asking residents to stay at home in […]
Funkhouser Joins DCMM Team
The Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) is pleased to welcome Paige Funkhouser to the Museum staff as Community Engagement Manager. Paige brings a wealth of event planning, marketing and public relations experience to her new role. As the DCMM Community Engagement Manager, Paige will advance the Museum’s strategic priority to engage the community in meaningful […]
Maritime Speaker Series Built for Battle: Sturgeon Bay Ships in World War II
The next presentation of the Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series will be held on Thursday, March 5, and will feature DCMM Curator Rhys Kuzdas taking about Built For Battle: Sturgeon Bay Ships in World War Two. The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two. As a center of shipbuilding during this […]
DCMM Congratulates Sevastopol SeaPerch Underwater Robotics Team
The Door County Maritime Museum extends huge congratulations to Sevastopol School District’s SeaPerch underwater robotics team for winning second place at the North Coast Marine Manufacturing Alliance’s Northeast Wisconsin regional SeaPerch competition on Saturday, February 22nd. The Sevastopol team earned their trip to the regional competition in Green Bay by winning the first-ever Door County SeaPerch competition […]
Built for Battle – A Performance to Remember!
The Door County Maritime Museum and the Southern Door School District are collaborating to bring songs, images and stories from the 1940’s to the Southern Door stage in a presentation related to the new Museum exhibit Built For Battle: Sturgeon Bay Ships in World War Two. The multimedia presentation will take place on Saturday, March 7th […]
Great Lakes/Great Books Discussion Group at DCMM March 5
Write On, Door County’s monthly book club discusses works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that have the Great Lakes as a setting or as subject matter. March 2020’s selection is Across the Great Lake by Lee Zacharias. “It was a huge and powerful ship with a tall, handsome pilothouse and big smoking stacks, no place for a […]
Maritime Speaker Series: “The Ledge, the Lake, and the Limestone”
The next presentation of the Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series will be held on Thursday, February 6, and will feature Dr. Don Mikulic taking about “The Ledge, the Lake, and the Limestone.” The Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series programs are held the first Thursday of each month, October through May, beginning at […]