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Door County Maritime Museum

Description

Scale models of boats and ships built in Sturgeon Bay include half-hull or plating models, corporate models and folk art models. Also found in Baumgartner Gallery: "Sentinels of the Shore", an exhibit on the area lighthouses with a full size replica of the lantern room of Sherwood Point lighthouse, complete with its 4th order Fresnel lens.

A chronological history of shipbuilding begins in the Founders Gallery from the mid 1800 with Indian dugouts and birch bark canoes and continues to the present, including various exhibits of the late 1800s Great Lakes lumber schooners; the early 1900 shipyards of Sturgeon Bay; the 1940-1970s war efforts of Sturgeon Bay shipbuilders and modern shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay.

Getting There

Follow business exit 42/57 and you will be on Madison Ave. Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society is located at the base of the downtown bridge on the right.

Entrance Fee

Admission:
$7.00/adult, $4/youth (ages 5-17), $18/family.
Children 4 and under are free.

Operating Hours

Daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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