Maritime Museums & a Historic Village

As of 2015. Hours, prices and phone numbers on this page are kept as the original site listed them (captured May 7, 2015). Check current information with each attraction before you go.

See, touch and feel the Schooner Coast's deep maritime roots with a visit to three different locations that capture the area's olden days.

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

75 Maritime Dr., Manitowoc

Open seven days a week, year-round, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. mid-March-June and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. July-August. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for children (age 6-15) and free for children age 5 and under, includes the museum galleries plus a guided tour of USS Cobia, a fully restored WWII submarine moored in the Manitowoc River.

Door County Maritime Museum

120 N. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay

Open seven days a week, year-round, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept.-May and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. June-Aug. Admission is $12.50 for adults, $9 for children (age 5-17) and free for children 4 and under, includes the museum galleries plus a guide tour of the tugboat John Purves. Admission to only the tug is $6.

Rogers Street Fishing Village

2010 Rogers St., Two Rivers

Open May-Oct. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on weekdays and noon-4 p.m. on weekends. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for children under 16.

Added in 2026

The three addresses are unchanged, and all three museums are still open. The prices and seasonal hours above are a snapshot of 2015 and should be read that way.

Rogers Street Fishing Village sits in the Frenchside Fishing Village historic district of Two Rivers and includes a Great Lakes Coast Guard museum with exhibits on the old Life-Saving Service. Its grounds hold the wooden structure of the 1886 Two Rivers North Pierhead light, donated in 1975; the lighthouse's sixth-order Fresnel lens was broken in the move, repaired with a 2006 grant and returned to display in 2009. The Door County Maritime Museum has added its ten-story Jim Kress Lighthouse Tower (opened 2021), and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum now offers overnight stays aboard USS Cobia.

Sources: Wikipedia articles on Two Rivers Light, Frenchside Fishing Village, the Door County Maritime Museum and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum (read November 2026).

Questions visitors ask

Is a Cobia tour still included in Wisconsin Maritime Museum admission?

Guided Cobia tours are still the museum's main attraction. How tickets are bundled changes from season to season, so check the museum's own site for current prices.

How much time do I need for each museum?

Plan two to three hours in Manitowoc if you take the submarine tour, a similar block in Sturgeon Bay with the tug and the lighthouse tower, and an hour or so at Rogers Street.

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