Wisconsin Maritime Museum

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in the Lake Michigan port and shipbuilding city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S. It preserves and teaches about the maritime history of the Great Lakes and Wisconsin.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

The museum was founded in 1969 as the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association.<ref name=":0" /> The USS Cobia arrived in Manitowoc and was initially restored in 1970,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> and in 1986 became part of the museum as well as becoming a National Historic Landmark and joining the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The submarine has been restored and has one of the oldest operational radar systems in the world.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Cobia was dry docked in 1996, and in 2022 the museum received a $500,000 grant to dry dock the Cobia again for regular maintenance and repairs.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2" />

Exhibits

The museum offers guided tours of the Cobia as well as overnight stays on the submarine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition to the Cobia, the museum displays the 65-ton Chief Wawatam steam engine and exhibits on shipbuilding and shipwrecks in Wisconsin, a model ship gallery, children's play exhibits and a temporary exhibit gallery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Door County Maritime Museum, a group of maritime museums located within Door County

External links

• Wisconsin Maritime Museum website