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15th Annual Door County Lighthouse Walk
May 16 - 18, 2008. Call before April 30th to save on ticket prices!
"Freshwater Fury" Member's Opening Celebration
May 23, 2008 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
"Freshwater Fury" Opens to the Public
May 24, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
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| eMari-Times
Your Museum eNews Source! |
May 2008 |
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Dear , 
By now you will have received my letter notifying you of the difficult decision I made to leave the Museum to become the Managing Director of the Peninsula Players in Fish Creek.
As this is my final eMari-Times, I want to thank you all again for all of your support over these past 5 1/2 years. You are a wonderful group of individuals who have a passion for this wonderful institution. I am also able to notify you of a familiar face who will be returning to the Museum whilst the board undergoes the search process for a new Executive Director. Jon Gast, former DCMM Executive Director, will be stepping in for the summer months as interim director. I am very thankful that Jon has taken on this role for with him at the helm, the Museum is certain to have another wonderful summer season.
Thank you for your continued support of the Museum's three locations and for the support you have always given me. I will miss you all!
Brian Kelsey
Executive Director |
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Interested in Joining the Board?
The Door County Maritime Museum is looking for interested men and women to join the board of directors of the DCMM. With the opening of a board seat, we are approaching you, our membership, to see if any of you would be interested in serving the Museum in this capacity. The board meets the second Thursday of each month in either Fish Creek or Sturgeon Bay. If you are interested in joining the captains of our ship, please contact Louis Janda, nominating chair, at 1322 S. Lake Michigan Drive, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 or via telephone at 920.746.1261. If you would prefer, you may also reply to this email and I will make sure Louis gets your information. To help the nominating committee through this process we kindly request you send in a short bio on yourself as well as a few sentences on why you are interested in joining the board. Please reply by Friday, May 23, 2008.
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Final Days to Purchase Freighter Raffle Tickets
The Door County Maritime Museum is privileged to have received a special raffle prize from the wonderful folks at Great Lakes Fleet/Key Lakes Inc. - an adventure on a Great Lakes freighter - Edwin H. Gott (1,004'), Edgar B. Spear (1,004'), or Roger Blough( 858')! Trips onboard a working freighter are only available to the shipping companies customers. The only way for the general public to take a cruise on a working Great Lakes freighter is through a raffle.
If you are the winner, you and three friends will set your sails for a 6-1/2 to 7 day voyage. This trip is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to cruise on a working freighter during the Great Lakes sailing season - between June 1 and September 30, 2008. Departure port and dates will be coordinated with the winner and the winner must be flexible concerning scheduling and port of departure/return. The freighter itineraries will be between Duluth, MN to Conneaut, OH or Two Harbors, MN to Gary, IN. Guests must be 21 or older and are required to adhere to all company policies and safety procedures. Accommodations include rooms with 2 twin beds and private bath. Each freighter is equipped with owner's lounges that boast spectacular views. On the Speer and the Gott, your view from the owners lounge is forward across the vessel and on the Blough you look aft at the beautiful water you just traversed.
Tickets are $25 each or 5 for $100; proceeds benefit the Museum's annual fund. Tickets may be purchased at any Baylake Bank branch, The Neighborhood Pub in Sturgeon Bay or the Museum's headquarters in Sturgeon Bay or by phoning 920.743.5958. The drawing will take place on Friday, May 23, 2008 at the Museum's headquarters (120 N. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay) at 6:30 p.m. Winner need not be present to win. |
Prepare to Be Blown Away!
The official members' opening celebration of Freshwater Fury is less than two weeks away! We are excited to see all of you on Friday, May 23rd from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. If you are planning on joining us, please give us a call at 920.743.5958 so that we can plan our food and beverage needs appropriately. A storm is a brewin'....prepare to be blown away! |
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15th Annual Door County Lighthouse Walk
Tickets for this year's annual Door County Lighthouse Walk are still available. The event, held the third full weekend in May, will take place May 17- 18 this year with highlights including the ability to tour the inside of Sherwood Point Lighthouse as well as the ability to climb the tower at Cana Island. Hours of the walk both days are 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Lighthouse Walk weekend kicks off on Friday evening, May 16, with the ever popular Keepers' Kin event. Attendees will enjoy a dessert social with relatives of lighthouse keepers and also have the opportunity to listen to a presentation by Dr. Steve Karges. Dr. Karges is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. He has researched and studied the lighthouses of Door County for many years and has written the definitive book on Door County's lighthouses, "Keepers of the Lights." In addition he has co-produced and co-wrote with Daniel Larson the video of the "Keepers of Cana Island Light & Keepers of the Door." Dr. Karges brings a new and meaningful perspective to Door County's greatest resources. Presentations will occur at 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. This event has consistently sold out so order your tickets early. The location of this event will be the Museum's headquarters at 120 N. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI. Tickets for Keepers' Kin include desserts, the presentation, meeting with the kin, and Museum admission.
On both Saturday and Sunday (May 17 & 18), ticket holders will be able to enjoy the "Walk" itself and learn more about this amazing cluster of lighthouses and beacons on the Door Peninsula and surrounding islands. Additionally, individuals have the opportunity to purchase tickets for boat tours which will take them out and around the outer lights of Door County, including Plum Island, Pilot Island & Rock Island, as well as providing "water views" of four mainland beacons including, Old Baileys Harbor Light (aka The Birdcage), Sturgeon Bay Canal Station, Cana Island, and Sherwood Point.
Tickets prices for the various activities are:
Lighthouse Walk Adult Ticket: $15
Lighthouse Walk Child Ticket: $5 (children aged 5-17)
Boat Tours: Vary in price. Contact the Museum directly.
Keepers' Kin: $15 | |
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The Door County Maritime Museum Partners with ShopforMuseums.com
This year, you can donate valuable funds to the Door County Maritime Museum through ShopforMuseums.com! Founded five years ago by a former museum director, this national online fundraising program is designed to benefit not-for-profit educational organizations such as museums, parks, zoos, aquariums, nature centers and science centers. As a museum partner, ANYONE shopping online with their favorite national retailers can have a portion of their purchase directed to the Door County Maritime Museum at no additional cost. Whether you are in the market for books, office supplies, apparel, gifts, travel reservations, home improvement, school supplies, toys, electronics, flowers or gourmet food...
Simply go online, log-on the ShopforMuseums.com Website, sign in and select the Door County Maritime Museum as your chosen organization. Then, use Web links to more than 300+ retailers to make purchases at discount prices. As long as you log on through ShopforMuseums.com, a percentage of every purchase will benefit the DCMM! Best of all, it's free to use - and it allows shoppers to enjoy the convenience of secure online shopping. Click here to see a video tutorial on how to use ShopforMuseums.com!
Participating retailers include Amazon.com, Target.com, KB Toys, Barnes & Noble, The Sports Authority, Eddie Bauer, and much more. You can use ShopforMuseums.com to plan vacations as well; travel-related participants range from Orbitz, Expedia and Delta Air Lines to Ramada Inn and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. For a complete list of online retailers click here.
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