Saturday, May 17 is the first day of the 2025 season! Our grounds, exhibits, and Museum Store will officially open for the season for all to visit and explore. Check our calendar for additional special activities on this day. No tickets or advance reservations needed. Admission to the Museum is free for all visitors.
Lake Champlain is well-known for its battles and mythical lake monsters, but what about bootlegging, communes, or the lives of the people who have called the region home? Join us on Saturday, May 17 for a special free talk with Vermont authors Jason Barney and Christine Eldred as they share stories from their book Hidden […]
Want to get a taste of travels from times gone by? Come check out our fascinating collection of several hundred Lake Champlain historic postcards and see the occasionally mundane, occasionally dramatic, and always interesting notes written to loved ones in years past. We’ve also created several coloring-book-style postcards based on our favorite historic ones, and […]
Join us to celebrate the launch of our newest boat built by students in Lake Champlain! Over the course of this school year, a group of students from Middlebury Union High School and the Addison Central Program have been participating in our alternative education boat building program. These boat building students have been coming to […]
Our Family Fishing Day is a day for anglers of all ages to come and join us for a great day of learning and fishing. We’ll explain and distribute fishing regulations then spend the rest of the time down at our waterfront fishing. We will have fishing poles, bait, and other equipment available courtesy of […]
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! Accessibility: The Philadelphia II is currently on the Museum Green. There is a staircase […]
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! Accessibility: The Philadelphia II is currently on the Museum Green. There is a staircase […]
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 Vermont and New England will participate in races. All are welcome to join us and cheer on these rowers from the Museum's harbor. Each season […]
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 Champlain Maritime Museum is excited to introduce Talking Archaeology, a free evening talk series with Museum archaeologists and researchers. Learn about local history, archaeological discoveries, […]
Join Vermont's Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace on June 14-15 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and explore Abenaki perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley. Activities include storytelling, craft demonstrations, drumming, singing, and more. Bring a picnic basket for your lunch. Presented by the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, this event […]
