WHEN: Wednesday, March 19th at 6pm, doors open at 5:30pm WHERE: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, 500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI WHO: Presented by Dianna Stampfler HOW: No RSVP or payment required For nearly 30 years, Dianna Stampfler – an author, freelance writer, and armchair historian – has been researching lighthouses around her home [...]
GET YOUR CHILD SIGNED UP FOR THIS 2- DAY CAMP DURING SPRING BREAK Come explore the amazing world of sharks existing within the National Marine Sanctuary system. During this two-day program, students will learn all about sharks through games, films, crafts, and activities at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena. Programs are divided [...]
Our Great Lakes Now weekends are always the last weekend of the month On Saturday, March 29th and Sunday, March 30th you can catch “Killer Trees and Sacred Waters” in the theater at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center. In this episode of Great Lakes Now, learn how trees are fighting back against the emerald [...]
Attention shipwreck enthusiasts!Join Bruce Lynn, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and Historical Society, as he tells the story of the museum’s latest shipwreck discovery, WESTERN RESERVE. After 132 years, the final resting place of this 300-foot steel steamer has been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. As [...]
Our Great Lakes Now weekends are always the last weekend of the month. On Saturday, April 26th and Sunday, April 27th you can catch “Battling Invaders and Exploring Hidden Habitats,” in the theater at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center. In this episode of Great Lakes Now, fighting invasive phragmites on the Lake Huron shoreline, [...]
Presented by Dr. Ashley Lemke Archaeologist, Anthropologist, and Explorers Club Fellow Take a journey back in time to learn about archaeological sites that are thousands of years old preserved below Lake Huron's waters. Dr. Ashley Lemke has been working on underwater sites in the Great Lakes, exploring ancient landscapes, for more than 10 years. One [...]
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is excited to once again host this regional event at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in downtown Alpena, Michigan. The MATE ROV Competition focuses on student learning. It is designed to challenge students to apply the physics, math, electronics, and engineering skills they are acquiring in the classroom [...]
Our Great Lakes Now weekends are always the last weekend of the month. On Saturday, May 31st and Sunday, June 1st, you can catch “More Fire, More Water,” the latest episode of Great Lakes Now from Detroit PBS. The episode will cover, fighting wildfires with centuries-old practices, why rainfall is getting more intense, and the [...]
Don't miss our next exciting lecture on Thursday, June 5th with Katie Skinner, an Assistant Professor of Robotics at the University of Michigan! See more of her bio below. This lecture will blend cutting-edge technology with our cherished Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary shipwrecks! Robots are becoming essential tools for ocean exploration, but current robot [...]
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) will host the MATE ROV World competition for the first time since 2014! This global competition empowers students to design, build, and deploy ROVs to tackle real-world challenges. Each year the mission changes and is based on the host site for the World Competition, making 2025 all about the [...]
