Friday, June 24 @ 7pm- Eastland Program at Whitefish Township Community Center
The Shipwreck Museum will host historian Caitlyn Perry Dial as she tells the story of the steamer Eastland. … Read More...
Shipwreck Society Annual Meeting and Dinner 2016
The Carlson Family, ready to travel to the Shipwreck Society’s Annual Dinner
Members of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society are cordially invited to attend the 2016 Annual Meeting and Dinner, to be held on Saturday, June 18, 2016.… Read More...
MCACA Review of 2015 Events
Sean Ley, Shipwreck Society Development Officer, and Bruce Lynn, Executive Director
The Shipwreck Museum Maritime Speaker Series, along with other special events, will continue this summer! A preliminary calendar of events is listed here; please follow this GLSHS web site for updates and more programs / events to be added.… Read More...
NEW Book Release: The Legend Lives On S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
Featuring rare archival material and exclusive underwater images: The Legend Lives On S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald by Bruce Lynn and Christopher Winters, The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
Four decades after the Edmund Fitzgerald vanished from the radar screen of the trailing steamer Arthur M.… Read More...
The Edmund Fitzgerald: A 40-Year Legend
Tuesday marks 40 years since the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. Northern Michigan’s News Leader will have live reports from Whitefish Point on 9&10 News at 5pm and 6pm on November 10th.… Read More...
Special Benefit Concert
The Shipwreck Society is announcing that the noted “Whispers of the North” – Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Band will present a concert on November 9, 2015, at 7:30pm in Sault Sainte Marie to benefit ongoing historic restoration efforts at Whitefish Point.… Read More...
Restoration of Navy Radio Building Nears Completion
The Shipwreck Society is pleased to announce great progress in the rehabilitation of the U.S. Navy Radio Building at Whitefish Point, formerly known as the Video Theatre. Shipwreck Society members are aware of our intention to rehabilitate this building for use as a Changing Exhibits Gallery, moving the Video Theatre function over to the Motor Lifeboat House, which was relocated on the site in September of 2013.… Read More...
A New Hands-On Exhibit and a Motor Lifeboat
Much is happening at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in 2014, including the opening of a new “Hands-On” exhibit for kids, the restoration of a 1929 U.S. Navy Radio Station building on site, the design of the 1923 Motor Lifeboat House was moved back to Whitefish Point this past September (2013), and the physical restoration will begin in 2015.… Read More...
Fitzgerald’s Final Storm
This rare limited signed print of the Fitzgerald’s Final Storm by artist Mr. Arthur Anderson is included with the Patron Seating Ticket at the benefit concert featuring The Gordon Lightfoot Tribute band at LSSU on November 9th, 2015.… Read More...
New 2016 Funding Announced
New 2016 Funding Announced from Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
The Shipwreck Society is very pleased to announce receipt of two grant funding awards from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs for its fiscal year 2016.… Read More...
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