• Storytime

    Storytime
    The Roost, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, Vermont, United States

    Looking for a fun and educational activity for your littlest sailor? Join us on Fridays at 11:00 for Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s weekly storytime!   Families with young children (recommended age 5 and younger) are invited to gather with a Museum educator in our historic summer camp building, the Roost, as […]

    Free
  • Open Dinghy Sailing

    Sailing & On-Water Rentals
    North Harbor at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, Vermont, 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 to […]

    $40
  • 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
  • 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 […]

    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, […]

    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 […]

    Free
  • 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 […]

    Free
  • 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 […]

  • 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