On Saturday June 5, we welcomed 84 rowers from eight regional school teams back to the Museum to participate in the Spring Wave, the annual spring race for our youth rowing league, …
High spirits and warm weather at the Spring Wave 2021 Read More »
By Lauren Ross, Director of Development The Museum has thousands of individuals from Vermont, New York, New England and across the country who are loyal members and provide us with …
By Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director Last June, I shared some of my thoughts on how Lake Champlain Maritime Museum could bring our skills as historians to bear to make …
Today we are excited to announce that we are eliminating admission fees for 2021, making it free for everyone to visit. The Museum will be open from May 22–Oct. 17 …
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to be free for all visitors in 2021 Read More »
Earlier this month, we opened registration for our annual summer camps with a big change for 2021: tuition for all camps and expeditions is pay-what-you-can for all families. Each summer, …
By Elizabeth Lee, Director of Education and Interpretation As the Museum wraps up 2020, our priority as an organization keeps coming back to sustainability. Financial, programmatic, material, and ethical questions …
The lives and heroism of women are, for the most part, an unwritten history, that may be likened to the canvas upon which men have painted their own deeds in …
Finding the Elusive Alinda: The Search for Women Ferry Operators of South Lake Champlain Read More »
We’d like to take a moment today to celebrate our adult rowing community. Despite a pandemic and strict new safety guidelines, our adult rowers were able to have a shortened …
On Saturday, October 31, we held our annual Otter Creek Challenge youth open-water rowing race at the Vergennes Basin on Otter Creek. All things aligned perfectly for this pandemic-era rowing …
Over the past week we have been exploring the history of the fight for women’s suffrage in the Champlain Valley at 100 years. What about the legacy after the pivotal …
After the 19th Amendment: Modern Movements for Women’s Rights Read More »
