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Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, Alpena, MI

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Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center

Visitor center in downtown Alpena with maritime history exhibits, including a life-size schooner deck and shipwreck dive tubes.

500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan 49707 · Alpena, MI

About Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center

This Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary visitor center in historic downtown Alpena covers Great Lakes maritime history across more than 10,000 square feet of exhibits. Visitors can stand on the deck of a full-size schooner to experience a Lake Huron storm, or move through dive tubes that simulate swimming over a shipwreck. Families, tour groups, and students are all served. The center is open year-round, and glass-bottom boat tour tickets are sold inside.

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  • #Great Lakes
  • #shipwrecks
  • #schooner
  • #family-friendly

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