By Jack Mercik, Office and Communications Coordinator At Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, we take the health of our lake very seriously and are always striving to share the most up …
Understanding Microplastics with Dr. Danielle Garneau Read More »
By Jack Mercik, Office and Communications Coordinator At Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, we are committed to building a better future for Lake Champlain through history, archaeology, and ecology. A key …
Earlier this month, we opened registration for our annual summer camps with a big change for 2021: tuition for all camps and expeditions is pay-what-you-can for all families. Each summer, …
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director This past November, the Museum’s Champlain Longboats program embarked on an exciting new initiative with Two Roads Academy, a privately operated alternative education program …
Building Kayaks for Adventure with Two Roads Academy Read More »
By Meg Salocks, Director of Marketing and Engagement Today marks the first day of an exciting annual project here at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum: the first day of boat building! …
New Year, New Boat: 2020 Student Boat Building Kicks Off Read More »
By Charlie Beyer, Champlain Longboats Hi! For those that don’t know me, I’m Charlie Beyer, the Assistant Director of Champlain Longboats. I work with Nick Patch to run the Boat …
This past month, our teen overnight group, Expedition Champlain, set off from the museum with nine participants and three trip leaders Haley Ferrer, Mandy Smith and Laura Caldwell for an eight-day journey. The group rowed two of the museum’s 32′ pilot gigs, exploring remote sections of Lake Champlain, dodging challenging weather and ultimately reaching the Canadian border.
This November, LCMM will be hosting US Coast Guard certified Captains and Masters license courses on campus. The courses will be lead by Boatwise LLC. Boatwise’s USCG “6 PAK” OUPV (license …
LCMM to host USCG Captains and Masters license courses Read More »
Working with museum collections is sometimes like assembling a jigsaw puzzle – on a very large scale, and over a very long period of time. Steamboat Reindeer is one of …
Steamboat Reindeer Ship’s Wheel to be Reunited with Pilot House Read More »
This month we wrapped up another great FUSION session at Vergennes Union Elementary School. Our topic was ‘Winter Stories’. Each day the group gathered to read a story, book or …
