Due to the complexity of the exhibit design and fabrication process, the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio will not open until Spring 2014. The Maritime Park will be open the first week of July 2013. The Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship will be open for special events only during the summer of 2013. Check back here for more information.
The Inland Seas Maritime Museum in Vermilion, Ohio is permanently closed as GLHS prepares to open the new National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio in 2014. We continue to run research operations in Vermilion, please contact us for an appointment.
Our Mission
The Great Lakes Historical Society’s mission is to preserve and make known the history of the Great Lakes. We achieve that mission by (1) operating the Inland Seas Maritime Museum and Clarence S, Metcalf Great Lakes Maritime Research Library in Vermilion Ohio: (2) publishing our award winning quarterly journal Inland Seas. (3) conducting underwater archaeology through our Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center: (4)offering educational programs to children and adults alike.In 2010, The Great Lakes Historical Society entered into an agreement with the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority to create the National Great Lakes Maritime Museum in Toledo, Ohio which will open in the Spring of 2013.
The Great Lakes Historical Society’s mission is to preserve and make known the history of the Great Lakes. We achieve that mission by (1) operating the Inland Seas Maritime Museum and Clarence S, Metcalf Great Lakes Maritime Research Library in Vermilion Ohio: (2) publishing our award winning quarterly journal Inland Seas. (3) conducting underwater archaeology through our Peachman Lake Erie Shipwreck Research Center: (4)offering educational programs to children and adults alike.In 2010, The Great Lakes Historical Society entered into an agreement with the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority to create the National Great Lakes Maritime Museum in Toledo, Ohio which will open in the Spring of 2013.
Inland Seas
Since 1945, the Great Lakes Historical Society has published its award winning quarterly journal, Inland Seas™. This publication is the longest running and most widely respected journal of Great Lakes history published anywhere. It is the primary membership benefit of the organization which explains why the Society has the largest membership base of any maritime historical organization on the Great Lakes. The journal covers all topics of Great Lakes maritime history from across the entire Great Lakes watershed.To download a recent copy or to become a member and receive Inland Seas™ delivered to your doorstep:
