On September 28, under a beautiful blue sky and light winds, eight middle and high school rowing teams came out to compete in the James Wakefield Rescue Row in Burlington …
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By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager On a beautiful Saturday, September 14, rowers and other boaters gathered at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to participate in the Lake Champlain Challenge Race, …
By Jericho Walter, Museum Educator Join us for a moment of appreciation for the mule! Mules are an often-overlooked animal that have played an extremely important role in shaping the …
By Devyn Cabral, Revolutionary War Museum Studies Intern Editor’s Note: This summer, the Museum’s collections team attended a workshop at Dartmouth College to learn how to thaw and repair a …
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By Jericho Walter, Museum Educator Editor’s Note: In our new exhibit, Underwater Archaeology: Diving into the Stories of People and Canal Boats on Lake Champlain, we use archaeology and research …
Canals and Cholera: How an Epidemic and Bias Spread Read More »
By Devyn Cabral, Revolutionary War Museum Studies Intern Editor’s Note: On Thursday, August 15, the Museum held a free public program about 3D scanning, hosted by the author and Vermont …
By Krissy Navrat, Expeditionary Programs Manager Last Sunday, our first teen expedition group of the summer wrapped up their two-week kayak adventure. Champlain Discovery is a kayak expedition that journeys …
Did you know that a shipwreck rests just next to the Burlington breakwater? Wrecked during a brutal winter gale that came howling across Lake Champlain, the story of one of …
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Steam technology entered the transportation world in 1783, with the experimental steamship Pyroscaphe built by Marquis de Jouffroy d’Abbans and demonstrated on the Saône River in France. While there is …
An Underwater Phoenix: The Oldest Steamboat Shipwreck Rests in Lake Champlain Read More »
We are excited to announce today that on July 13, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is opening a new exhibit that dives into the history of canal boats. Using research and …
