Current Press Releases and Image Files
This section of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's web site is intended for use by commercial media enterprises and private publications. Current press releases and our most popular promotional images will reside on this page, available for public download. We ask that any reproduction of images simply use the language "Courtesy Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society" in an appropriate location.
To download an image, simply right-click on its file name and save it to your hard drive.
For questions, or to request additional images by e-mail, please contact the Shipwreck Society office toll-free at 800-635-1742.
Opening Dates for the 2010 Season
The Shipwreck Society is pleased to announce that the Crews Quarters Overnight Program opened for the 2010 season on April 1, 2010. Spend a lovely evening at the Whitefish Point Light Station just as so many Lightkeepers and their families have since 1849. A complimentary continental breakfast, free museum admission, and many other amenities are included in each overnight program package. For detailed information on this popular program, please visit Crews Quarters Page
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum opened for the 2010 season on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm, every day through October 31.
For further detailed information please visit Museum Page
Image: Steamer Michipicoten Passing Shipwreck Museum Campus
This is a view of the canadian steamer Michipicoten upbound from Whitefish Bay into Lake Superior, as she passes the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum Campus. Photo by Chris Winters, Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
Image: Interior View of Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
Interior view of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, showing the large 2nd order Fresnel Lens from the White Shoal Lighthouse in Lake Michigan, and the bell of the steamer Edmund Fitzgerald. Photo by Tom Farnquist, Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
Image: Sunrise at Whitefish Point
This dramatic scene was captured on an early summer morning by museum photographer Chris Winters.
Image: Panorama of Museum Campus at Sunset
Museum photographer Chris Winters has captured a special mood, showing several campus buildings, just before sunset.
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