Going to the Roots of Boat Building
By Rebecca Burns, Expeditionary Programs Manager Since 1999, the Champlain Longboats program at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum has built dozens of rowing gigs and several whaleboats with local middle and …
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The Work of a Museum Fellow: Inclusion and Accessibility through History, 3D Models, and Collections
In 2022, Julia Park joined the team here at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum as Fellow working in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to explore and make recommendations on how our exhibits …
Our Commitment to Lake Champlain through our Mission and Strategic Plan
As our oldest friends, family, and supporters may remember, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum was founded in 1985 with one building, a historic stone schoolhouse, to preserve and share the cultural …
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Five Creative Ways to Use the Giant Lake Champlain Map
By Meghan Hill, Education Programs Manager The Giant Lake Champlain Map is our truly giant vinyl map of the watershed. But how do you use the Giant Map? Great question! …
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Youth rowing crews shine at regional championships in Boston
By Rebecca Burns, Expeditionary Programs Manager Last Saturday, November 19, nearly 70 youth rowers from Chittenden and Addison County middle and high schools competed in the Icebreaker Northeast Regional Youth …
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Comparative Analysis: An Important Way the Archaeology Team uses Collections
By Chris Sabick, Director of Research and Archaeology One of the many benefits of our ongoing collections work is that the process exposes the Research and Archaeology team to artifacts …
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Marking 50 Years of the Clean Water Act
By Meghan Hill, Education Programs Manager When discussing Lake Champlain (which we like to do here at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum), it’s impossible to avoid the topics of water quality …
Photogrammetry at the site of the Revolutionary War Gunboat Spitfire
By Chris Sabick, Director of Archaeology and Research This summer, we received generous funding from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership to create photogrammetry models of the Revolutionary War gunboat …
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Challenge Race 2022: Sun, Fun, and Speed
By Andrew Rainville, Rowing Club Member, Coxswain, and Youth Rowing Coach As the sun rose over the Green Mountains on Saturday, August 27, carloads of energetic competitors descended on Lake …
First & Last Stop: The Museum Store
By Katharine Noiva, Director of Visitor Experience & Learning The Museum Store often gets overlooked in the grand scheme of Museum tidings. In the hustle and bustle of changing exhibits …