PLEASE NOTE: the Museum will be closed during the day on October 24th in preparation for Festival 2024
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Chicago Maritime Museum Debuts Two New Exhibits
The Chicago Maritime Museum announced the grand opening of two new permanent exhibitions on May 17, the most significant addition to the galleries since the museum opened in 2016. The exhibitions focus on the Lady Elgin, the deadliest disaster on the open waters of the Great Lakes on a passenger trip from Milwaukee to Chicago in 1860, and on Chicago native, Captain Bill Pinkney, the first Black sailor to solo-circumnavigate the globe around the five Great Capes.
In conjunction with the Bridgeport Art Center's Third Friday Open House, the Chicago Maritime Museum hosts local maritime experts and authors on the third Friday of the month starting at 7:00pm.
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Standard Membership Benefits:
Unlimited free admission to the museum per household
Free subscription to the monthly e-newsletter, On the Move
10% discount on all museum store purchases
Discount for ticketed events
Support of important Museum work, including development of new exhibits