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Michigan Maritime Museum
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Location South Haven, Michigan, US
Coordinates 42°24′24″N 86°16′28″W / 42.4066°N 86.274461°W / 42.4066; -86.274461Coordinates: 42°24′24″N 86°16′28″W / 42.4066°N 86.274461°W / 42.4066; -86.274461
Website www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org
Michigan Maritime Museum is located in the United States
Michigan Maritime Museum
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The Michigan Maritime Museum is a museum and research library located in South Haven in the U.S. state of Michigan. The harborfront museum is located adjacent to Lake Michigan, and the museum specializes in the maritime history of the state of Michigan and the lake of the same name. Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes.

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The Michigan Maritime Museum includes five buildings for the display, interpretation, repair, and preservation of Michigan's maritime heritage. The museum is affiliated with a reconstructed War of 1812-era topsail sloop used in the North American fur trade, the 47-ton Friends Good Will.

The museum is located at 260 Dyckman Avenue, South Haven, Michigan 49090.

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  • Pullins Surfboat

    A Pulling Surfboat on display

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