Volunteer Welcome Meeting

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

Join us for a summer volunteer meeting as we welcome the season and celebrate our volunteers! Current volunteers and anyone interested in learning more about volunteering are invited to preview …

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Free

Educator Idea Fair

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

Come connect with fellow educators and local nonprofits while enjoying some spring weather and baked goods at the Educator Idea Fair! Classroom teachers, homeschool educators, and anyone involved in ecology and education are invited to mingle and discuss ideas with peers from local schools and organizations. Come get inspired and learn about some of the …

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Free

Opening Day

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

May 18, 2024 is the first day of the 2024 season! Our grounds, exhibits, and Museum Store will officially open for the season for all to visit and explore. Check …

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Free

God Save Benedict Arnold: An Author Talk with Jack Kelly

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

Benedict Arnold has long loomed large in the public imagination for his role in the American Revolution, first seen as a military genius and then as a traitor. In God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man, acclaimed author Jack Kelly presents a fresh perspective on the trajectory of a controversial figure. …

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Free

Boat Launch Day

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

Join us to celebrate the launch of this year's 25-foot rowing gig built by students! Over the course of this school year, a group of students from Middlebury Union High …

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Free

Spring Wave Race 2024

The spring open-water rowing season for all middle and high school rowing teams ends with this seasonal championship race at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum! Over 100 youth rowers from around Vermont and New England will participate in races. All are welcome to join us and cheer these rowers on from the Museum's harbor. Each season …

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Thirty Year Bash

The Pavillion at Button Bay State Park 5 Button Bay State Park Rd, Vergennes, Vermont, United States

In 1994, Nick Patch started a kayak building program at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum that would grow to be known as Champlain Discovery. A few years later, he kicked off the boat building and rowing program, Champlain Longboats. For thirty years, Nick’s programs have been building beautiful wooden boats with local students that have grown …

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Free

HOPE for TOmorROW

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

We are so excited to partner again with Project HOePpnEr for the 6th Annual HOPE for TomorROW! This annual rowathon is an all-inclusive rowing and community event committed to raising …

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$25

Abenaki Heritage Weekend

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

Join Vermont's Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace on June 29-30 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and explore Abenaki perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley. Activities include storytelling, craft demonstrations, drumming, singing, and more. Bring a picnic basket for your lunch. Presented by the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, this event …

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Free

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