A Brief Dive into Microplastics
By Jack Mercik, Office and Communications Coordinator At Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, we are committed to building a better future for Lake Champlain through history, archaeology, and ecology. A key …
New Docks at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Environmentally-friendly docks built by Northlands Job Corps This fall, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum unveiled new floating docks at our waterfront built by Northlands Job Corps. These new docks increase public …
Arnold’s Bay Project: Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist (AMDA) Class Survey
Through the month of October, we have been finishing up our fieldwork underwater and on land for the Arnold’s Bay Project. Our partners, the Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist …
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Boat on a Plane: A new acquisition travels home
By Patricia Reid, Collections Manager As the Collections Manager at the Maritime Museum my job is largely behind-the-scenes (you can often find me inventorying our historic collections or working on …
Arnold’s Bay Research Project: Underwater Survey Begins
By Cherilyn Gilligan, Assistant Director of Archaeology & Research Part of scientific exploration in archaeology is about generating sample data that is representative of an overall site. It is generally …
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The 1776 Gunboat Spitfire: Documenting and Preserving History
By Chris Sabick, Director of Archaeology & Research In mid-August, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum conducted a multibeam sonar survey of the wreck site of the Revolutionary War Gunboat Spitfire. This …
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Arnold’s Bay Research Project: Preliminary Surveys
By Cherilyn Gilligan, Assistant Director of Archaeology & Research Welcome back, archaeology fans. It’s time for another update on our Arnold’s Bay Research Project. This week we were busy delineating …
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Archaeological Artifact: 3D Model of a Bearing Block from the Steamboat Phoenix
It’s Vermont Archaeology Month! To celebrate, our Archaeology & Research team are bringing you 3D photogrammetry models of some important and interesting artifacts and shipwrecks each week. Today, let’s zoom …
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Introducing the Arnold’s Bay Research Project
By Cherilyn Gilligan, Assistant Director of Archaeology and Research We are excited to announce that Lake Champlain Maritime Museum was awarded a Battlefield Preservation Planning Grant from the American Battlefield …
Indoor Exhibits are Re-Opening in July!
We are very excited to announce that we are re-opening select indoor exhibit buildings starting this Friday, July 2! Just in time for Independence Day weekend, the exhibit Key to …