• Open Dinghy Sailing

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

    Get out on the water, enjoy Lake Champlain, and keep your sailing skills fresh! Open Dinghy Sailing offers weekly open hours and dinghy rentals for anyone with prior sailing experience to take one of the Museum’s custom Split-Rock Dinghies out for a turn on the lake. Friends, family, dates, solo sailors – all are welcome …

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    $40
  • Talking Archaeology

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

    History, artifacts, and shipwrecks lie in the depths of Lake Champlain, waiting to share their secrets and stories with the underwater archaeologists who dive down to explore. In 2025, Lake …

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    Free
  • Fall Homeschool Day

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

    We’re excited to welcome homeschool families to Lake Champlain Maritime Museum for our Fall Homeschool Day! This day will focus on the ecology of Lake Champlain and will include activities such as a scavenger hunt by the waterfront, fishing as a group with a large net then identifying what we caught, looking at plankton and …

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    Free
  • Otter Creek Challenge Race

    Vergennes Falls Park 103 Mechanic St, Vergennes, VT, United States

    An annual youth open-water rowing race hosted by Lake Champlain Maritime Museum right in the heart of Vergennes, Vermont. Local high school and middle school rowing crews compete in a variety of heats, racing from foot of the Vergennes Falls, down Otter Creek, and back. A festive race, this event also includes an annual costume …

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    Free