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Review:
Established in 1969, the Door County Maritime Museum consists of four galleries that include lighthouses, shipwrecks, model ships and boats, the area’s shipbuilding companies and more. The museum also has an in-water exhibit of a restored 1960s tug boat built in 1919, which worked until 2000. The Museum is located next to the historic steel bridge along Sturgeon Bay. Across the bay is, which can be seen through a There is a submarine periscope inside the museum visitors can use to see Bay Shipbuilding, Door County’s largest shipbuilder. The museum was founded in Gills Rock, Wisconsin, and started operating at the Cana Island Light in 1971. The museum’s Gills Rock location was opened in 1975.
Address: 120 N Madison Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, Phone: 920-743-5958
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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