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Gene Caldwell to Speak at DCMM on Bay Shipbuilding Yard Activity, Feb 2
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by Bob Desh.
Gene Caldwell, Vice President and General Manager of Bay Shipbuilding Co., will present a program on current activities at the Sturgeon Bay shipyard beginning at 7 pm on Thursday, February 2 at the Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM). The Door County Maritime Museum’s Speaker Series continues with a topic that is always of interest to Door [...]
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Purinton to speak at Door County Maritime Museum, Nov 29
Posted on 22. Nov, 2011 by Bob Desh.
Winter is rapidly approaching so it seems appropriate the Door County Maritime Museum’s 2011-2012 Speaker Series kicks off Tuesday night, Nov. 29, with Richard Purinton presenting a program centered on winters on Washington Island. This initial program on will provide an excellent holiday shopping opportunity with the museum’s gift shop open for business and a [...]
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Old and New Combine for 21st Annual Classic & Wooden Boat Festival, Aug 6-7
Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by Bob Desh.
The Door County Maritime Museum is building on the “Boats, Books and Brushes” theme it introduced two years ago at this year’s Classic & Wooden Boat Festival, continuing to broaden its appeal beyond the collection of interesting and stunning vessels it attracts each summer. There will still be plenty of boats on the museum grounds [...]
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Underwater Shipwreck Photography and D-Day Print Exhibit Opens in Gills Rock
Posted on 27. Jul, 2011 by Bob Desh.
After a successful run at the Door County Maritime Museum’s facility in Sturgeon Bay, the popular photography exhibit “Ghost Ships of the Wisconsin Schooner Coast” opens today in Gills Rock. The photo exhibition features the work of Dennis Mullen, who is particularly noted for his underwater and nature photography. Dennis is an accomplished diver with [...]
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Door County Maritime Museum Hosts D-Day Observance with Print Unveiling, June 6
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Bob Desh.
The Door County Maritime Museum will conduct a D-Day observance on Monday, June 6 at 2 pm at the museum in Sturgeon Bay. Highlighting the event will be the unveiling of the dramatic print “D-Day Landing.” The print, which is a copy of a mural presented by artist Tony Falcone to the United States Coast [...]
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Underwater Shipwreck Photography Exhibit Opens at Door County Maritime Museum
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Bob Desh.
The photography exhibit “Ghost Ships of the Wisconsin Schooner Coast” opens at the Door County Maritime Museum’s Reddin Bridge Room featured in Sturgeon Bay through July 5. The exhibition features the work of Dennis Mullen, who is particularly noted for his underwater and nature photography. Dennis is an accomplished diver with over 1,000 dives logged. [...]
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Door County Lighthouse Festival Tickets now on Sale
Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by Bob Desh.
Tickets for the 18th Annual Door County Lighthouse Festival are now on sale through the Door County Maritime Museum. Nearly all of last year’s land-based tours and boat cruises return for this year’s June 10-12 event with a few changes and additions. The annual Friday evening Keeper’s Kin event has expanded. A 6 pm dinner [...]
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Tours Resume on Tug John Purves
Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by Bob Desh.
The Door County Maritime Museum has resumed tours of the Tug John Purves docked in Sturgeon Bay – with tours conducted on weekends in April and daily beginning in May. The immaculately restored 149-foot vessel has proven to be an extremely popular attraction since opening to the public in August of 2008 following a remarkable [...]
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‘Sole Survivor’ Author Caps Museum Series at Bay View Church, Apr 2
Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by Bob Desh.
The 2011 Door County Maritime Museum’s Winter Speaker’s Series comes to a dramatic close on Saturday night, April 2, at Bay View Lutheran Church in Sturgeon Bay. Dennis Hale, subject of the book “Sole Survivor” and author of the recently released autobiography “Reflections of the Sole Survivor,” will be the featured speaker. The program begins [...]
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Maritime Museum Hosting Maritime Historical Film Premiere, July 21
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Bob Desh.
The Door County Maritime Museum will host the grand premiere of the new documentary “Lakeshore Guardians: The Story of the United States Life-Saving Service in Wisconsin” at 7 pm, Wednesday, July 21, at its Sturgeon Bay museum. Writer, filmmaker, and producer Daniel Larson, responsible for the popular Keepers of the Door series, will be on [...]
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