Chicago Maritime Museum

10/14/2026

Several decades ago, some forward-thinking politicians and water resource specialists created the Great Lakes Compact, a legally binding interstate compact with protections for the use and transfer of the waters of the Great Lakes and signed in 2008 by the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan...

10/14/2026

More energy news with another setback for the Line 5 pipeline and an unconventional destination announced for iron ore from a new Minnesota mine.

10/14/2026

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi completed a 130-mile kayak journey along the St. Joseph River, celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day and honoring their shared ancestral connection to water.

10/14/2026

Less than two years ago, Marissa Fellows launched a tinned fish company that gets its fish exclusively from the Great Lakes. Today, smoked whitefish products from the Grand Rapids-headquartered com…

10/14/2026

About 120 public officials, business executives, and community leaders gathered Monday to launch an effort to strengthen economic and environmental ...

10/14/2026

Open House Chicago by Architecture Center is this Saturday and Sunday. Make the most of the weekend and design your own itinerary at OpenHouseChicago.org.
Add the Chicago Maritime Museum to your itinerary, plus some of the other 200+ OHC sites!

The Chicago Architecture Center's Open House Chicago is a FREE annual festival that typically offers access to hundreds of sites across Chicago, from iconic locations to under-the-radar architectural gems.

10/12/2026

Chicago Maritime Museum featured in Block Club as key site for this weekend's Open House Chicago!

Art museums, a temple and church and an expansive environmental park highlight this year’s Open House Chicago locations in Bridgeport and the Back of the Yards.

10/12/2026

If the Trump administration had its way, an Ann Arbor-based research lab that studies the Great Lakes and its coastal ecosystems would be gone.

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