The Great Lakes Historical Society http://www.inlandseas.org Great Lakes Historical Society Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:28:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 National Museum of the Great Lakes Ground Breaking http://www.inlandseas.org/2012/09/national-museum-of-the-great-lakes-ground-breaking/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2012/09/national-museum-of-the-great-lakes-ground-breaking/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:37:49 +0000 CSowden http://www.inlandseas.org/?p=901 Continue reading →]]> On Monday, September 24, 2012, the Great Lakes Historical Society and the City of Toledo held a Groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio.  It was a lovely morning and over 50 people were in attendance for this momentous occasion.  Remarks were given by Jim Karpinski, GLHS Chair, Ohio Senator Mark Wagoner, Toledo Lucas County Port Authority CEO Paul Toth, Toledo Mayor Michael Bell, Thresa Morris – Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s representative, and GLHS Executive Director Christopher Gillcrist.

GLHS Board Members, City Officials, and Port Authority Officials throw the ceremonial first shovel of dirt on Monday, September 24, 2012.

The new site will include not only the National Museum of the Great Lakes, the Col. James M. Schoonmaker museum ship, and a maritime park.  Work is ongoing on the Schoonmaker; construction on the park and the museum is expected to start in October; with the complex opening to the public in August 2013!

]]> http://www.inlandseas.org/2012/09/national-museum-of-the-great-lakes-ground-breaking/feed/ 0 Members Only Raffle Winner http://www.inlandseas.org/2012/02/members-only-raffle-winner/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2012/02/members-only-raffle-winner/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:14:30 +0000 CSowden http://www.inlandseas.org/?p=758 Continue reading →]]> Congratulations to Larry Graff from Wisconsin, the winner of our most recent Members Only Raffle.  Larry will have the opportunity to take a trip aboard a Great Lakes Fleet Vessel in the 2012 season.  Larry is a new member of GLHS and we wish him well on his journey and cannot wait to hear all about it.

]]> http://www.inlandseas.org/2012/02/members-only-raffle-winner/feed/ 0 Museum Site Plan http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/museum-site-plan/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/museum-site-plan/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:16:07 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=582 http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/museum-site-plan/feed/ 0 Axiomatic Overview http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/axiomatic-overview/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/axiomatic-overview/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:15:16 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=580 http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/axiomatic-overview/feed/ 0 Schematic Plan http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/schematic-plan/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/schematic-plan/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:14:01 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=578 http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/schematic-plan/feed/ 0 Animated Inland Seas Issue http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/animated-inland-seas-issue-2/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/animated-inland-seas-issue-2/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:31:54 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=565 http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/animated-inland-seas-issue-2/feed/ 0 Great Lakes Historical Society http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/great-lakes-historical-society/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/great-lakes-historical-society/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:25:23 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=559 http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/great-lakes-historical-society/feed/ 0 Inland Seas Online http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/we/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/we/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:13:06 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=497 Click here to see a animated sample of our Inland Seas magazine.

 

 

]]> http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/12/we/feed/ 0 Great Lakes History Museum http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/11/great-lakes-history-museum/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/11/great-lakes-history-museum/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:30:38 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=251 http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/11/great-lakes-history-museum/feed/ 0 Read about the S.S. Bolyer’s name change http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/11/our-new-blog/ http://www.inlandseas.org/2011/11/our-new-blog/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:08:35 +0000 kurt http://www.kapturdesign.com/clients/glhs/?p=214 Continue reading →]]> The rechristening of the S.S. Bolyer to the S. S. Schoonmaker was featured in a Toledo Blade article with an excellent photo gallery of the festivities.  Be sure to check it out.

S.S. Boyer’s name change to Schoonmaker a part of weekend festivities

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