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Museums

A trip to Sturgeon Bay is not complete unless you have stopped by one or all of our fabulous museums.  Everchanging exhibits as well as permanent collections await you at these carefully maintained facilities.  Stroll through and step back in time; enjoy our shipbuilding history; visit a working farm or absorb a breathtaking exhibit.  You will take home wonderful memories.

 Door County Maritime Museum | Door County Historical Museum| Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art| Miller Art Museum


Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society    

Door County Maritime Museum and Lighthouse Preservation Society, 120 N. Madison Ave.  (920)743-5958
At the bridge on Sturgeon Bay's west-side waterfront. Open daily. Features city's shipbuilding history, lighthouse exhibit, pilot house from working freighter, periscope. Gift shop with extensive collection of maritime books and gifts.

 

Don't miss the museum's extensive new exhibit entitled Freshwater Fury running May 24, 2008 through January 20, 2009. Also, tour the 149-foot tug John Purves located on the seawall in from the Museum beginning mid-July 2008.

 

http://www.dcmm.org/

    
Door County Historical Museum     Door County Historical Museum, 18 N. Fourth Ave.  (920)743-5809
Experience Door County's unique history from settlement onward.  Educational displays show the first industries, orchards, ethnic groups, fish boils, early tourism and much more.  Includes the pioneer fire station where children may sit in a restored 1920 Oldsmobile fire truck.  Don't miss the hands-on table and a new video about Belgian heritage in Door County.  A spectacular diorama greets visitors.  "Best small museum in the Midwest" -- Chicago Tribune.  Open daily May 1-October 31, 10-4:30.  www.co.door.wi.gov  Click on Departments; click on Museum.  Door County Historical Museum brochure
    
Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art    

The Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, 242 Michigan St. (920)746-0001
Located in the heart of historic downtown Sturgeon Bay at the corner of 3rd and Michigan. 2007 Exhibits include British sculptor Henry Moore's WWII-era "Shelter Drawings," a series of facsimile collotypes from the permanent collection; the Wisconsin Arts Board 2006 Visual Arts Fellows; and the 5th Annual "Art of the Trees." Call or visit the Web for a full schedule and information about the art center's educational and cultural programs, tours, the Fairfield Store and retail/dining events.  www.fairfieldcenter.org  E-mail: info@fairfieldcenter.org.

    
   

The Miller Art Museum, 107 S. 4th Avenue, (920) 746-0707
Fostering the creative life of the community since 1975, the MAM is open all year with seven changing exhibits of varying media / expression, a stunning permanent collection of Wisconsin art, tours and classes.

www.millerartmuseum.org

    
Miller Art Museum     The Miller Art Museum, 107 S. Fourth Ave., Door County Library.  (920)746-0707
Open year around with 7 changing exhibits, a stunning permanent collection of Wisconsin 2-D art, Gerhard CF Miller wing.  Tours, lectures, gift shop, receptions.  Open Monday 10-8, Tuesday – Saturday 10-5.  Free. Accessible. Enriching.  www.doorcounty.com   Email: bmam@dcwis.com