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 …
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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 …
High spirits and warm weather at the Spring Wave 2021
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, …
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Corporate Sponsors Help Us Build Community
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 …
The Continuing Work of Creating Change
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 …