Smithsonian Affiliate Museum
75 Maritime Drive
Manitowoc, WI 54220
(920) 684-0218
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The Wisconsin Maritime Museum engages and educates the public about the history of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes, including Wisconsin’s World War II submarines and USS COBIA, by collecting and preserving artifacts and archival materials, creating interactive exhibits, developing and implementing educational programs, and promoting research.
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum will be featuring the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit "Native Words, Native Warriors," which tells the remarkable story of Indian soldiers from more than a dozen tribes who used their Native languages in the service of the U.S. military.
In addition, the museum will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the launching of the Chief Wawatam car ferry. Special speakers will be featured on Museum Day 2011. The Chief's working triple expansion steam engine is a featured exhibit at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.
Participation in Museum Day is open to any tax-exempt or governmental museum or cultural venue on a voluntary basis. Smithsonian magazine encourages museum visitation, but is not responsible for and does not endorse the content of the participating museums and cultural venues, and does not subsidize museums that participate.
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