• Blacksmithing for Beginners

    Blacksmith Center at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United States

    All seats in this class have been filled! Stay tuned for future classes. Have you ever wanted to learn how to work with fire and shape metal? In this one-day […]

    $150
  • 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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    Free
  • Blacksmithing Demonstration

    18th-Century Blacksmith Forge at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, Vermont, United States

    Come watch metal arts being made in the Museum's replica of an 18th-century forge! At this free, drop-in event, visitors will get a chance to see a demonstration of blacksmithing […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

    Free
  • 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 […]

    Free