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Collections Corner: Show and Tell

Hoehl Family Visitor and Education Center Auditorium at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, Vermont, United States

Want to share your own historical items, memorabilia, artifacts and stories with the Museum's team? For this special Collections Corner, the public is invited to bring their own treasures and stories related to Champlain Valley history from home to share with each other and our Collections experts. With no expectation of a donation to the …

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Free
An adult and child in a small sailboat in front of a larger sailboat and mountains on a sunny day.

Weekend Sailing

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

Experience Lake Champlain by sail! Get out on the water and have some fun in custom-built sailing dinghies made in the Museum’s boat shop. A great experience for family, friends, or adventurous dates, this is a special weekend experience for anyone looking to have some sailing fun on Lake Champlain. Boats are available to book …

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$40
An adult and child in a small sailboat in front of a larger sailboat and mountains on a sunny day.

Sailing Weekend

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

Experience Lake Champlain by sail! Get out on the water and have some fun in custom-built sailing dinghies made in the Museum’s boat shop. A great experience for family, friends, or adventurous dates, this is a special weekend experience for anyone looking to have some sailing fun on Lake Champlain. Boats are available to book …

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$40
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Explore & Learn! The Nature of Invasive Species

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

What are invasive species? How did they find their way into our waters and onto our shores? What can we do about them? And why does this conversation matter? In the Lake Champlain Basin, the number of invasive species have been growing ever since the colonizing organisms made their way to the region. From crowding …

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Free
An exhibit with panels wrapped around the front of a building with a red roof on a sunny day.

Clean Water Act Tour

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

The Clean Water Act was signed in 1972 with the intention to make lasting change to the impacts that industries and infrastructure have on our waterways. Stop by this exhibit, on the green, to learn about how this act has changed the ways we treat our waterways, as well as the ways it falls short. …

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Free
Rear view of the Lois McClure Schooner on Lake Champlain on a sunny day

Lois McClure Open Hours

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

Families on canal boats similar to the Lois McClure would spend the majority of their year on the water, and now you can get a sense of what canal boat life would be like too! Climb on board this replica of a 1862-class sailing canal boat to learn about the lives and culture of canal boaters, through …

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Free
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Birding & Boating

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

Join us on ­­­­canoes for a 2-hour program of paddling and exploring the birds of Otter Creek. This family-friendly program welcomes everyone from beginners to experts! Smaller children can take a middle seat at the bottom of the boat, where they will just go along for the ride, no paddling required. Learn tips and tricks …

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$25
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ROV Shipwreck Tour

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

Explore a shipwreck... without getting wet! There are hundreds of historic shipwrecks in Lake Champlain. Join us as we take a tour boat to the site of the Champlain II shipwreck and go for a "dive" using an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Our robotic camera sends back real-time video to an on-board monitor as …

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$25 – $40
An exhibit with panels wrapped around the front of a building with a red roof on a sunny day.

Clean Water Act Tour

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

The Clean Water Act was signed in 1972 with the intention to make lasting change to the impacts that industries and infrastructure have on our waterways. Stop by this exhibit, on the green, to learn about how this act has changed the ways we treat our waterways, as well as the ways it falls short. …

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Free
Rear view of the Lois McClure Schooner on Lake Champlain on a sunny day

Lois McClure Open Hours

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT, United States

Families on canal boats similar to the Lois McClure would spend the majority of their year on the water, and now you can get a sense of what canal boat life would be like too! Climb on board this replica of a 1862-class sailing canal boat to learn about the lives and culture of canal boaters, through …

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Free