want to say THANK YOU for helping make
In celebration of a recordsetting 2025, YOUR Door County Maritime Museum is pleased and excited to host a Community Appreciation Event on Friday and Saturday, April 3-4, 2026.
The Community Appreciation Event will offer free admission for everyone to DCMMSturgeon Bay, open 10am-4pm both days.
There will be activities and special treats for children from the DCMM Education Department, and a sneak-peak into the Peterson Gallery, currently undergoing a complete renovation.
The DCMM Community Appreciation Event is a small way of expressing gratitude and saying THANK YOU for the support from our amazing maritime community.
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Charitable Fund
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In 2025, DCMM attendance revenue broke the $1 Million mark for the first time ever; Death’s Door Mariner’s Store sales topped $460,000; AND our generous maritime community contributed more than $1.4 Million in project-specific and general operations funding to the organization!
THANK YOU to our donors!
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Tall Ships Success
Last year, DCMM and Destination Sturgeon Bay hosted an amazing Tall Ships event that drew thousands to our working waterfront!
Cana Island Lighthouse
We welcomed more than 65,000 guests during the six-month season, May-October (even after being closed for three full days in August due to the summer storm).
DCMM Collection & Archive Purchase
Most importantly, DCMM purchased a new offsite collections storage and archives facility at 512 South Columbia Street, Sturgeon Bay.
New Peterson Gallery Exhibits Open in May
The new Peterson Gallery – opening in May 2026 –will include space for temporary and traveling exhibitions, stories from the people of Peterson Builders, Inc., Young Mariners interactive exhibits for our younger visitors, while preserving and highlighting the submarine periscope and the original Safeway shipping container from Leathem D. Smith.
