Start Date: 2/7/2012
End Date: 6/9/2012
Event Times: 9 am–4 pm, Tuesday through Saturday
Contact Info
E-mail: museum@
wisconsinhistory.org Phone: 608-264-6555
Fax: 608-264-6575
Ghost Ships of the Schooner Coast
Explore the underwater world of Lake
Michigan through a photography exhibit by Wisconsin Historical Society underwater archaeologist Tamara Thomsen. Surround yourself with the shipwreck stories of the Continental and Francis Hinton steamers and the Rouse Simmons and Home schooners.
View diving equipment up close and see artifacts from the Home, one of the oldest known shipwrecks in Wisconsin.
"Ghost Ships of the Schooner Coast" was developed by the Wisconsin Maritime Museum with help from the Wisconsin Historical Society, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute and the National Archives Regional Archives facility in Chicago.
Ticket Info: Admission by donation: $4 for adults, $3 for children under 18 or $10 for a family.
Location Description: Four floors of changing exhibit galleries, permanent exhibits and the museum store — located on Madison's Capitol Square
Venue: Wisconsin Historical Museum
Address: 30 N Carroll St
City: Madison
Accessibility Info: The site is fully accessible to visitors requiring a wheelchair for mobility.
Event Location URL:
http://historicalmuseum.wisconsinhistory.org
