By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager At Lake Champlain Maritime Museum on Friday May 23, we launched the newest boat in Lake Champlain: Ruth M. Kennedy. Built by local high […]
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Tours, Programs, and Free Exhibits Offer Local History and Fun Activities Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is excited to welcome visitors back for its 2025 season opening on Saturday, May 17.
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We are excited to announce today that M&T Charitable Foundation has renewed their support for the Champlain Longboats program at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum with a $10,000 gift. Champlain Longboats
What happens when young people have a free museum in their community? Lots! When families and young people don’t have to pay admission fees to enter a museum, they don’t
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By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager This past Saturday, local youth rowing teams gathered at Vergennes Falls Park in historic Vergennes, VT for the Otter Creek Challenge Race, the festive
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By Paul Willard Gates, Co-Director of Archaeology As many people, communities, and cultures celebrate Halloween today with costumes, trick or treating, remembering the dead, telling scary stories, or visiting supposedly
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By Katharine L. Noiva, Director of Visitor Experience and Learning The ice cream has sold out, summer camps have long finished up, and geese have started to flock to the
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On September 28, under a beautiful blue sky and light winds, eight middle and high school rowing teams came out to compete in the James Wakefield Rescue Row in Burlington
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By Laura Caldwell, Expeditionary Programs Manager On a beautiful Saturday, September 14, rowers and other boaters gathered at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to participate in the Lake Champlain Challenge Race,
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By Jericho Walter, Museum Educator Join us for a moment of appreciation for the mule! Mules are an often-overlooked animal that have played an extremely important role in shaping the
