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The Door County Maritime Museum plays host for a 33rd year to this show of classic boats from across the country as well as new boats built by hand on the grounds that weekend and a schedule full ...
For lighthouse fans as well as fans of nautical history, the Door County Maritime Museum sponsors a chance to check out the Peninsula's 11 lighthouses, plus three nearby ones outside the county ...
Returning to commercial fishing, Door County Maritime Museum curator Kay Drager visits its Death's Door Museum in Gills Rock at 10 a.m. to talk about “A Well-Made Net,” a new exhibit on the ...
Location: Near Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1869: Foundation: dressed stone: Construction: Cream City brick enclosed by a steel shell in 1902: Automated: 1945: Height: 89 feet (27 m): Shape: cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern: Operator: Door County Maritime Museum: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1870 [2 ...
The main Door County Maritime Museum site was opened in 1997. [2] It contains the museum's offices, as well as its main exhibits. The site also hosts the tugboat John Purves , which was built in 1919, served the U.S. Army in World War II , and later sailed on the Great Lakes . [ 3 ]
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Death's Door Maritime Museum is located there. [4] The area is also popular with scuba divers who explore the many shipwrecks in and around Death's Door, the narrow strait connecting Lake Michigan to Green Bay, also known as Porte des Morts. The Pilot Island Light is located on Pilot Island near Gills Rock.
The second of two annual lighthouse festivals sponsored by the Door County Maritime Museum, along with the original one held each June, annually draws more than 5,000 lighthouse buffs from around ...