We are excited to announce today that M&T Charitable Foundation has renewed their support for the Champlain Longboats program at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum with a $10,000 gift. Champlain Longboats …
What happens when young people have a free museum in their community? Lots! When families and young people don’t have to pay admission fees to enter a museum, they don’t …
By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager This past Saturday, local youth rowing teams gathered at Vergennes Falls Park in historic Vergennes, VT for the Otter Creek Challenge Race, the festive …
By Paul Willard Gates, Co-Director of Archaeology As many people, communities, and cultures celebrate Halloween today with costumes, trick or treating, remembering the dead, telling scary stories, or visiting supposedly …
Within the Depths They Lie: Ship Graveyards of Lake Champlain Read More »
By Katharine L. Noiva, Director of Visitor Experience and Learning The ice cream has sold out, summer camps have long finished up, and geese have started to flock to the …
What Happens Next? Changing Seasons at the Museum Read More »
On September 28, under a beautiful blue sky and light winds, eight middle and high school rowing teams came out to compete in the James Wakefield Rescue Row in Burlington …
James Wakefield Rescue Row 2024: Recap and Photos Read More »
By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager On a beautiful Saturday, September 14, rowers and other boaters gathered at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to participate in the Lake Champlain Challenge Race, …
By Jericho Walter, Museum Educator Join us for a moment of appreciation for the mule! Mules are an often-overlooked animal that have played an extremely important role in shaping the …
By Devyn Cabral, Revolutionary War Museum Studies Intern Editor’s Note: This summer, the Museum’s collections team attended a workshop at Dartmouth College to learn how to thaw and repair a …
Learning to Repair 19th Century Diaries at Dartmouth College Read More »
By Jericho Walter, Museum Educator Editor’s Note: In our new exhibit, Underwater Archaeology: Diving into the Stories of People and Canal Boats on Lake Champlain, we use archaeology and research …
Canals and Cholera: How an Epidemic and Bias Spread Read More »
