Michigan Maritime Museum

Museum and research library located in South Haven, Michigan

42°24′23″N 86°16′26″W / 42.40645°N 86.27395°W / 42.40645; -86.27395

The Michigan Maritime Museum is a museum and research library located in South Haven in the U.S. state of Michigan. The museum is located next to the Dyckman Avenue bascule bridge on the Black River just in from Lake Michigan, the second-largest by volume of the five Great Lakes. The museum specializes in the maritime history of the state of Michigan and the lake of the same name.^[1]

Description

The Michigan Maritime Museum includes five buildings for the display, interpretation, repair, and preservation of Michigan's maritime heritage.

Visitors can often take rides on a 2004-reconstructed War of 1812-era topsail sloop used in the North American fur trade, the 47-ton Friends Good Will.^[1] A seamanship training course is offered to members who, upon completion, may join its crew and sail during May to September.^[2]

Four other ships and boats make up the rest of the museum's on-water fleet.^[3] On static display outside are the restored 1923 tugboat Wilhelm Baum, donated in 2016,^[4] and the Evelyn S., a 1939-built 50 feet (15 m) wooden gill net fish tug.^[5] Several smaller boats are displayed inside.

Dockside panorama view in 2016
A "pulling surfboat" on display
Friends Good Will, the museum's tallest ship
Wilhelm Baum tugboat
Lindy Lou excursion boat
26' motor surfboat
Evelyn S. fishing tug
a U.S. Coast Guard rescue dinghy in front of the Padnos Boat Shed
a boat out front on Dyckman St. in 2016

References

^ ^a ^b "Welcome Aboard". michiganmaritimemuseum.org. Michigan Maritime Museum. 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Michigan Maritime Museum offering basic seamanship training". WSJM. February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "Our Fleet". Michigan Maritime Museum.
^ Wilhelm Baum - Site Shout for South Haven
^ "Evelyn S. Fish Tug". Michigan Maritime Museum.

External links

Official website
Media related to Michigan Maritime Museum (South Haven) at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, Van Buren County, MI:
- HAER No. MI-406, "Dumphy Yawl Boat", 3 photos, 1 measured drawing, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. MI-407, "Metal Fantail Launch", 3 photos, 1 measured drawing, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. MI-408, "Meraco Speedster Square Stern Canoe", 4 photos, 1 measured drawing, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. MI-409, "Au Sable River Boat", 2 photos, 1 measured drawing, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. MI-410, "Langell Pulling Skiff", 3 photos, 1 measured drawing, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. MI-411, "Truscott Fantail Launch", 3 photos, 1 measured drawing, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page