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Sponsor a Day!
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On an average day, the cost of operating the Museum is greater than income from fees, membership and store sales.
For a $250 donation, you may personally sponsor a day at the Museum.
"Sponsor A Day" is a wonderful way to honor a loved one or recognize a birthday, anniversary or a memory!
As a Sponsor, you will be recognized at all three Museum locations, on our web site and in the Museum newsletter. You will also receive a support decal for your car window or business entry.
To select your date, contact us at 920-743-5958.
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| Thank You, Sponsors | To date, the Door County Maritime Museum has received the following commitments in its Sponsor-A-Day Program:
Date: May 31, 2010
Sponsored Anonymously
Honoring Harmon Meigs for Service to Country, Community and Family
Date: June 2, 2010
Sponsored by John & Sandy Asher
In Memory of Charles W. Asher
Date: June 7, 2010
Sponsored Anonymously
In Honor of Brendan, the Navigator, and of all the Navigators
Date: June 8, 2010
Sponsored by Jan Olson
In Honor of Charles (Chuck) Olson Sr., Who Loved His Community and Helped Where He Could
Date: June 11, 2010
Sponsored by Judy & Jerry Brown
In Memory of Detective Jim Brown, Great, Great Grandson of Cana Island Lighthouse Keeper Jesse Brown, who proudly served USCG 1986-1992
Date: June 27, 2010
Sponsored by Jane & Larry Nelson
In Memory of my Parents, Ruby & Howard Weborg, who were lifetime members of the Maritime Museum
Date:July 3, 2010
Sponsored by Marian & Pete LeMere
In Memory of Phillip LeMere (1876-1964), Egg Harbor Commercial Fisherman
Date: July 3, 2010
Sponsored by Terry & Cindy Kinney
In Honor of Captain M. Everett Knutsen
Date: July 11, 2010
Sponsored by Mary & Bob Peterson
In Memory of Jack Peterson
Date: July 20, 2010
Sponsored by Billie Kress
Date: July 29, 2010
Sponsored by Jim & Barbara Bunning
Many Happy Anniversaries!
Date: July 30, 2010
Sponsored by Sarabess & John J. Cahill
The Great Lakes Grand Bank Association Honors Jim Delugach on His, Yet Another, Birthday
Date: August 4, 2010
Sponsored by Captain Robert Desh, USCG Retired
In Celebration of the Coast Guard's Birthday August 4, 1790
Date: August 16, 2010
Sponsored by Susan Kotecki & Bud Evenson
Remembering Emily Evenson on Her Birthday
Date: August 26, 2010
Sponsored by Roy & Betsy Gill
Happy Birthday Betsy
Date: August 27, 2010
Sponsored by Paula
Happy Birthday Bob
Date: September 2, 2010
Sponsored by Roger & Sandy Anderson
In Honor of our 43rd Anniversary
Date: September 13, 2010
Sponsored Anonymously
To Celebrate My Birthday
Date: November 16, 2010
Sponsored by John & Donna Thenell
In Recognition of George J. Baudhuin, Founder of Marine Travelift
Date: January 30, 2011
Sponsored by: Jonlee Peterson
In Memory of Robert E. Peterson's Birthday
Our heartfelt thanks to our Sponsors for their generosity and steadfast support of the Museum and its ongoing mission.
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Tug Now Open!
| The tug John Purves is now open for tours seven days a week!
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| DCMM Calendar
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5/21: "Ghosts!" opens to DCMM membership
5/22: "Ghosts!" opens to general public
5/25: Gills Rock Clean-Up Day
5/29: Gills Rock Museum opens for season
6/11: Keeper's Kin Social
6/11-13: Door County Lighthouse Festival Weekend
6/21: Door County Charities Golf Outing
6/25: Ports of Call Gala 8/5-8: Classic & Wooden Boat Festival
10/14-21: Fall Bus Tour
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| Visit DCMM | The Door County Maritime Museum is located at 120 N. Madison Avenue in Sturgeon Bay, on the West Side waterfront between the two downtown bridges. Adult admission is $7.50 to the Museum and $5 to the tug. For more information, call 920-743-5958, send email to info@dcmm.org or visit www.dcmm.org. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily beginning Saturday, May 29.
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Greetings!
 Only in Wisconsin can spring and summer seem to arrive in a heartbeat! Last week we had 40-some degrees and rain, while in the last few days, we're nearing 70 degrees, the leaves are on the trees, flowers are blooming, and the traffic heading north on State Highway 42 is swelling from a trickle to a flood. It's hard to believe; Memorial Day is just around the corner.
As Door County residents and visitors know, summer is an extraordinarily busy season on the peninsula. There's a lot happening - and that's true for us here at the Door County Maritime Museum as well. We have a lot to share with you in this issue of our e-newsletter!
To start, we will be opening the doors to our new, exciting "Ghosts!" exhibit this weekend! Members are invited to a special sneak-preview on Friday night, and we welcome the public on Saturday. We're also happy to announce that the Tug John Purves is now offering its summer schedule; tours are available seven days a week.
If you haven't made reservations yet for this year's Lighthouse Festival, check out this month's festival article and visit our Web site for more information on specific tours. The tours are selling out quickly - in fact, we just added two Chambers Island tours to accommodate enthusiasts who are eager to experience this unique Green Bay destination.
We also have additional information about our June 25 Ports of Call Gala, and raffle tickets are still on sale for two exceptional prizes. With so much happening at the Museum and around the county this season, we hope to see you soon!
Wishing you fair winds and following seas,
Bob Desh
Executive Director
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"Ghosts!" to be Unveiled This Weekend!
Members-Only Preview at 7 p.m. Friday
It's time! The Door County Maritime Museum's eagerly anticipated exhibit "Ghosts! Haunted Lighthouses of the Great Lakes" is set to open this weekend. The Museum will welcome members on Friday, May 21 and open the doors to the general public on Saturday, May 22.
The members-only exhibition preview is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday. Light refreshments will be served, and members may bring nonmember guests for $10 per person. The Museum kindly requests that members RSVP by calling (920) 743-5958 or sending an e-mail to jlarson@dcmm.org.
"Ghosts!" takes guests on a compelling journey through the colorful histories and legends of nine haunted Great Lakes Lighthouses: Eagle Harbor on Lake Superior; Fairport Harbor on Lake Erie; Tawas Point and Old Presque Isle on Lake Huron; Gibraltar Point on Lake Ontario; Seul Choix on Lake Michigan; and, also on Lake Michigan, Door County's own Sherwood Point, Chambers Island and Pottawatomie lights. A map identifies these and additional haunted lighthouse locations throughout the Great Lakes.
The exhibition also explores ghosts and hauntings, the reality of alternate dimensions, human perception, psychic abilities, the different types of investigators and skeptical-inquiry perspectives.
In addition, guests may watch a presentation about Great Lakes ghost ships in the Elbapilothouse. The film/still compilation and narrative will present paranormal activity surrounding ships as apparitions, onboard hauntings and derelicts. The accounts feature Bannockburn; Roger Blough; Chicora; Eastland; Emperor; Edmund Fitzgerald; Griffon; and Prins Willem V.
The Museum also is featuring a film with outtakes from Don Hermansen's "Haunted Lighthouse" series, incorporating Fred Stonehouse as narrator, interviews with credible witnesses and inside-and-out footage of haunted Great Lakes lighthouses. The film is being shown in the DCMM's intimate Horton Gallery Theater.
"Ghosts!" provides an immersive experience courtesy of special visual and auditory effects within a mock lighthouse environment and throughout the exhibit itself. Children will delight in this; they also will enjoy the dress-up area, plasma ball, shifting scents as "haunts" come and go. Other kid-friendly activities include lighthouse word scrambles and a large puzzle.
After so many months of planning and construction, we're excited to unveil this latest world-class exhibition in our Sturgeon Bay galleries. We look forward to seeing you there!
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John Purves Tug Now Open for Tours Seven Days a Week
 The Door County Maritime Museum has resumed tours of its popular in-water exhibit, the Tug John Purves, with a daily slate of 40-minute docent-led tours in May.
The immaculately restored 149-foot vessel was rededicated in late July 2008 after a remarkable five-year restoration project. Built in 1919 and christened the Butterfield, the tug's colorful past included World War II duty in the Aleutian Islands. She made her way to Sturgeon Bay in 1956 when she was purchased by Roen Steamship Company.
Today, the tug carries the Roen colors and has been outfitted to appear much as she did while operated by Roen in the 1950s and '60s. Capt. John Roen, company owner, renamed the tug in honor of general manager and longtime employee, John Purves.
The Tug John Purves in service as the Butterfield. | Moored on the waterfront behind the Maritime Museum, the tug is now open daily. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with tours leaving on the half hour. Tours will be expanded beginning Memorial Day weekend, with a 9:30 a.m. start.
Tours are priced at $5 per person and include the opportunity to visit nearly every space on the vessel, from engine room to wheelhouse.
The Museum is located at 120 N. Madison Ave. between the two downtown bridges on Sturgeon Bay's West Side. For more information call 920-743-5958 or visit www.dcmm.org.
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"Lighthouses of Door County" by Donna Elias
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Lighthouse Festival Now Includes Extra Chambers Island Cruises!
Due to high demand for Lighthouse Festival trips to Chambers Island, the Door County Maritime Museum has added a couple of two-hour island cruises for Friday afternoon, June 11. While these new cruises will not include an on-island component, they will provide guests with water views of the Chambers Island lighthouse and the far side of the island.
The 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. cruises are offered in cooperation with Salmon Depot Charters and can accommodate 13 guests. Priced at $40, each ticket includes an admission voucher for the Door County Maritime Museum's Sturgeon Bay facility and a free Lighthouses of Door County pocket guidebook (one per order, limited to first 500 orders).
Ticket sales for the 2010 Door County Lighthouse Festival on June 11-13 are booming, and the Museum staff is encouraging enthusiasts to secure their reservations to the 17th annual event, previously known as the Lighthouse Walk.
"Many of our tours have already sold out, so book your tickets soon!" said Bob Desh, DCMM's executive director. "Plus, as a special bonus for reserving early, the first 500 orders will receive a copy of Lucy Hanley's pocket guide book, Lighthouses of Door County, to enrich their chosen tour packages."
For more information, to request a brochure and to order tickets, visit www.dcmm.org/lhw.html. You may also order tickets by calling 920-743-5958.
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Win a Tall-Ship Passage or a Nutshell Pram in the 2010 Ports of Call Raffles!
 Two lucky raffle winners will be awarded fantastic prizes during the Door County Maritime Museum's annual Ports of Call Gala on Friday, June 25.
The tall ships are coming to Sturgeon Bay this summer, and a lucky winner will receive:accommodations in a luxurious one-bedroom suite on August 11 at Stone Harbor Resort; sail passage for two on America's privateer Lynx from Sturgeon Bay to Green Bay on the morning of August 12; return transportation compliments of Door County-Green Bay Shuttle; and tickets to the Tall Ships Festival grounds on August 13. Raffle tickets are $5 each or six for $25.
 In a second Ports of Call raffle, the lucky winner will take home a Nutshell Pram, a 9'6" hand-crafted wooden boat with a squared-off bow. A bigger version of the original Joel White-designed nutshell, the added 2 feet increases the pram's maximum speed whether rowing or sailing. This particular pram has 55 square feet of sail area and features a lapstrake plywood hull. Mahogany inwales (inside of the gunwale, also commonly called gunnel) were added for artistic interest and functionality.
The Nutshell Pram comes complete with a trailer and a sail made by Dorsal Sails in Sturgeon Bay. This boat, donated by Bob & Doris Loss, has been lovingly stored and has never touched the water. Raffle tickets are $10 each or three for $25.
Raffle tickets are available in the Museum Stores, or you may call the Museum at 920-743-5958. The winners will be drawn at Ports of Call on June 25, however the winners need not be present at the event.
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Museum Reveals Menu and Details for 2010 Ports of Call Gala
Guests at this year's Door County Maritime Museum Ports of Call Gala will experience the very best flavors that Door County has to offer - and in an exciting cruise ship atmosphere.
The Museum staff has revealed that this year's "cruise" will incorporate an elegant dinner, magical entertainment, live and silent auctions, casino games and raffles. Scheduled for Friday, June 25, at Gordon Lodge, the gala will commence at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and socializing, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Event tickets are $75 and represent a $25 donation to the Museum.
This year's tantalizing menu options, offering the very best flavors of Door County:
Appetizers
Chef's Specialties of the House
Top Deck Cherry Salad
Spring greens, dried Door County cherries, sweet red peppers, sliced pears, roasted pecans and house cherry vinaigrette
Entrée choice of:
Italian Encrusted Grouper
With lemon glace; encrusted with egg and parmesan cheeseserved with angel hair pasta, herbs and a fresh vegetable
Tenderloin Scaloppini
Beef tenderloin slices, mushrooms and scallions
in a mushroom burgundy sauce, served over rice pilaf and with a fresh vegetable
Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Farfalle (Vegetarian)
Bold sun-dried tomato pesto, toasted almond slivers, feta cheese, served over bowtie pasta
Dessert
Chocolate éclair with strawberry sauce
Gordon Lodge is located at 1420 Pine Drive in Baileys Harbor. Round-trip transportation between Sturgeon Bay and Baileys Harbor will be provided by the Door County Trolley, which will pick up guests at 4:45 p.m. at the Museum. Tickets are priced at $18 per person.
For the convenience of gala guests seeking overnight accommodations, the Scandinavian Lodge in Sister Bay is offering special rates for its luxurious suites for one- or two-night stays: A studio is $120 per night, a one-bedroom condo is $130 and a two-bedroom condo is $150. Bookings must be made by May 31; please reference the Museum block. Call (888) 645-6343 or (920) 854-7123.
To learn more about the 2010 Ports of Call Gala and for information on purchasing event tickets through the Museum, call (920) 743-5958.
Many thanks to our 2010 Ports of Call event sponsors!
Promenade: Great Lakes Yacht Services
Sky: Marine Travelift / ExacTech
Sun: Bay Electric Systems, Baylake Bank, DC Printing, Pinkert Law Firm, Sturgeon Bay Florist, Witt Peninsula Ford Lincoln Mercury
Deckhand: Bay Pharmacy, Edward Jones, Pete & Jelaine Horton, N.E.W. Industries, Sonny's Pizzeria of Door County
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Gills Rock Clean-up Day on May 25!
Please help us get our wonderful little maritime museum in Gills Rock ship-shape for the 2010 season. The planned work list includes general cleaning of the museum and light yard work to get the exterior spruced up and ready to greet visitors.
In addition to your work attire, please bring lawn maintenance equipment, such as rakes, clippers and weed-eaters; household cleaning and dusting tools; and your enthusiasm, so we can make our museum the best it can be. We will muster at the maritime museum in Gills Rock at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25. If you can assist, please contact the museum at (920) 743-5958 or drop our volunteer coordinator, Jon Gast, an e-mail at jgast@dcmm.org. Many hands make for light work. Let's have a good turnout and some fun! Thanks in advance for your assistance - we couldn't do it without you.
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Get on Board for Mystic Seaport and More DCMM is Now Taking Reservations for Fall Tour
 The Door County Maritime Museum is still accepting reservations for a one-of-a-kind, eight-day tour of significant East Coast historical maritime locations, including the renowned Mystic Seaport Museum.
The motor-coach tour will leave Sturgeon Bay on Thursday, October 14, and travel to Cleveland, Ohio, for a tour of the Steamship William G. Mather Museum. The William G. Mather is a retired Great Lakes bulk carrier that spent 55 years on the lakes.
The tour will arrive on the East Coast on Saturday, October 16, and will first visit the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and its museum in New London, Connecticut. That's followed by a full day at Mystic Seaport, considered the nation's finest maritime museum. Succeeding days include a trip to Boston for a journey along the historic Freedom Trail and to the U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides"); and to New York City for a day filled with stops at the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the World Trade Center site as well as the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which is centered on the famous aircraft carrier.
Bob Desh, DCMM's executive director, will offer insight throughout the tour. After 36 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard, Desh retired with the rank of captain. He is a maritime history buff who can provide unique perspectives on a tour that revisits a number of sites from his Coast Guard career.
The tour will return to Sturgeon Bay on October 21 and includes all transportation, lodging, admission fees, luggage handling, a tour director and 12 meals (seven breakfasts and five dinners).
Space is limited. For further information, prices and to make reservations, contact Nationwide Travelers at 920-734-5620 or 800-236-5511. Please mention Tour 11483 when calling.
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Call for DCMM Volunteers!
Volunteers working aboard the tug John Purves. | The Door County Maritime Museum is seeking volunteer docents to lead daily tours aboard the tug John Purves. The remarkably restored 149-foot vessel has proven to be a huge hit with Museum visitors since tours began last August; however, due to the tug's appeal, the Museum is in need of additional docents to meet the seven-day-a-week schedule.
The docent script ensures easy training, and the opportunity to share a stunning piece of Sturgeon Bay maritime history makes for a gratifying experience. Volunteers are asked to sign up for a daily shift from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and can work as often as they wish. If interested, please contact the Museum at 920-743-7826.
Other volunteer opportunities:
Membership Committee: We are looking for folks to serve on the committee, which spreads the word about the Door County Maritime Museum and recruits new members. Contact Membership Committee Chairman Greg Miller at 920-743-4623 for details.
Member Docents: These volunteers would be willing to staff tables at all three museum location to explain the benefits of membership and sign up new members. Contact Membership Committee Chairman Greg Miller at 920-743-4623 for more information.
Group Tour Assistant: We are looking for one or two individuals who would be willing to assist our Group Tour Coordinator, Jon Gast, with mailings, e-mails and lead follow-up for Group Tours. Contact Jon Gast at 920-743-5958 for details.
Cana Island Light Station volunteers: We need folks to assist the Cana Island staff as docents as well as with routine lawn maintenance. Contact Volunteer Coordinator Jon Gast at 920-743-5958.
Office Assistance: We need volunteers to help with filing and routine data entry. Call the Museum office at 920-743-5958 for details.
We need volunteers for many tasks here at the Museum! If you are interested in donating your time, please contact us, and we'll work with you to find the right opportunity!
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