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  • Fall Book Club: “Becoming America”

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

    School is back in session! Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum's fall book club. From founding battles to 21st century immigration stories, we explore what “Becoming America” means to the authors and characters of Vermont and beyond.  Each talk will take place every second Saturday between September and December from 1-2 PM in person at the Maritime Museum. Join all of the meetings or just one! More information is available with free […]

    Free

  • Battle of Valcour Bay

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

    Commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Valcour Bay on Lake Champlain with the Museum. A pivotal moment during the American Revolution, these events had a huge impact on the people of the Champlain Valley.  Join us for a day of free hands-on activities, a dramatic account of the events during the Battle of Valcour Bay, a panel discussion with the team behind our […]

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  • Replica wooden boat Philadelphia II sitting on a green lawn with blue skies and a group of children climbing aboard

    Philadelphia II Open Hours

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

    Soldiers in the Revolutionary War not only fought on boats, they also often lived on them for months. Step aboard the Museum’s replica of the Revolutionary War gunboat Philadelphia to explore their living and working conditions, understand the mechanics of the vessel, and even row the oars! Aboard the vessel, staff will have real artifacts from Revolutionary War […]

    Free

  • Free Museum Tours

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

    Take a guided tour with a Museum expert through a sampler of exhibits to learn about the historical and archaeological heritage of Lake Champlain.   Depending on the group's interest, we will stop in exhibits which may include Fragments: Voices of the American Revolution on Lake Champlain, the Stone Schoolhouse, Hazelett Small Watercraft Center, Underwater Archaeology: Diving into the Stories of People and Canal Boats on […]

    Free

  • Nature Sketching 

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

    Practice the basics of nature and observational sketching in the casual and relaxed atmosphere here at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. We will walk around the campus and practice sketching various buildings, boats, plants, and whatever else catches our eye!  Sketching materials will be available, but you are strongly encouraged to bring your own as well. This program […]

    Free

  • Spitfire Shipwreck Virtual Reality Experience 

    Fragments: Voices of the American Revolution on Lake Champlain 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, Vermont

    Want to know what it’s like to explore an underwater shipwreck?   Dive into the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s virtual reality tour of Spitfire, a 1776 gunboat that sank during the American retreat from Valcour Bay. Using thousands of photos, sonar images, and videos of the wreck, we created a detailed, 3-dimensional model which Champlain College […]

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  • Protecting Our Watershed: Understanding Threats to Lake Champlain

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

    The Lake Champlain Watershed is more than 8,000 square miles and is defined by any land that drains into Lake Champlain. Pollutants, invasive species, and microplastics are just a few of the threats to the health of our watershed. Stop by the Clean Water Act Exhibit, on the green, to learn about these threats, the […]

    Free
  • A team of rowers from the Museum's Rowing Clubs

    Rowing for Fitness Club

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

    Club Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Rowers Weekly Schedule: Tuesday Nights, May–October Meetup Location: Meet at the Museum Club Details: The Rowing for Fitness club is our advanced adult rowing club which meets every Tuesday evening at the Museum campus. Best suited for intermediate and experienced adult rowers of all ages (18-99+), this weekly club […]

  • Replica wooden boat Philadelphia II sitting on a green lawn with blue skies and a group of children climbing aboard

    Philadelphia II Open Hours

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

    Soldiers in the Revolutionary War not only fought on boats, they also often lived on them for months. Step aboard the Museum’s replica of the Revolutionary War gunboat Philadelphia to explore their living and working conditions, understand the mechanics of the vessel, and even row the oars! Aboard the vessel, staff will have real artifacts from Revolutionary War […]

    Free

  • Free Museum Tours

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

    Take a guided tour with a Museum expert through a sampler of exhibits to learn about the historical and archaeological heritage of Lake Champlain.   Depending on the group's interest, we will stop in exhibits which may include Fragments: Voices of the American Revolution on Lake Champlain, the Stone Schoolhouse, Hazelett Small Watercraft Center, Underwater Archaeology: Diving into the Stories of People and Canal Boats on […]

    Free