Port of Ludington Maritime Museum

Stopped here to eat lunch and see the water. Appears to be a great place to launch a boat. There was also a tiny beach for my tiny one!

Excellent museum inside an old coastguard station! Friendly and helpful staff.

An amazing little museum (was originally a coast guard facility) with tons of hands on exhibits for the kids! We and the kids enjoyed it.

We love this museum. It's modest in size - 3 floors but not a huge footprint - and every display is so well done. There are interactive parts the kids can touch that are well integrated into all three floors in the main display areas. I really like that they don't put all the most kid friendly bits off in one area, and that all the most kids friendly bits and truly all-ages: they might be the parts that will engage kids most, but adults can enjoy them too. Every area is so well thought out, and the storytelling with facts and visuals is top-notch. I find shipwrecks interesting but I'm not particularly into maritime things, but I am never bored there, and this was our fifth summer in a row going! You can get a good quick overview of everything it has to offer in an hour, or you could spend an afternoon and read every single bit of information in every room and immerse yourself - both are satisfying.

My son loves ship museums so when we are near one we go. This one did not disappoint. There are interactive activities throughout for kids, even a large room that is like a boat wheel room where you can captain a ship. If you are in the area I would suggest you stop by.

Three story museum with the second floor mostly dedicated to the deadly Armistice Day storm in November 1940. Other floors dedicated to history of the Coast Guard station, commercial shipping, fishing, transportation etc. I lost count but I believe there are over a dozen video monitors that show short clips on every navigational topic you can image. Including one station with audio interviews of two sailors who miraculously survived the loss of their ship during the fierce storm. Excellent museum particularly if you wish to learn more about the Coast Guard and shipping on the Great Lakes.

Everything was very interesting in this museum. The 1st floor was a little tight on space for all the information displayed, and maybe would benefit from numbering groupings to make the time frames covered easier to "digest." The history of the area was worth the trip, especially of the armistice day storm of 1940 on the 2nd floor.

I was part of a bus tour that the museum was one of our stops. The displays were so well done and the films and inactive station was very informtive. It was a great experience, and Caleb did a wonderful job as our host.