Kewaunee County Historical Museum
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Kewaunee County Historical Museum
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Ann Arbor Carferry No 1 Lifeboat Oar above Jail Cells
 
Details
Attraction
Location
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
Trail Name: Mid Lake Michigan
Year Built: 1876
Nearest Address: 613 Dodge St.
Nearest City: Kewaunee
County: Kewaunee
Zip Code: 54216
Latitude: N 44°27.37584'
Longitude: W -087°30.29472'
Attraction
Features
Open to public?: Yes
Mooring buoy?: No
Mooring buoy in place?: No
Snorkelable?: No
Dive guide?: No
Trails sign?: No
National Register?: No
Attraction
Description
Built in 1876 as the local sheriff's office, residence, and county jail, today the Kewaunee County Historical Museum houses a wealth of historical photographs and artifacts from Kewaunee County. Displays range from a recreation of a pioneer family's late 19th-century living room to wood carvings of Custer's Last Stand. The maritime history of the Kewaunee area is captured in photographs, depicting the Ann Arbor Carferry No. 1 from the late 19th century, as well as ships built by the Kewaunee Engineering Corp. Locally built ships and tugs are featured as models in the museum. One such model is a representation of the USS Pueblo, launched from Kewaunee in 1944 and captured by North Korea as a spy vessel in 1968. The museum also has several maritime artifacts, including a lifeboat oar from the Ann Arbor Carferry No. 1, circa 1900.
 
Contacts
Name Phone Alt Phone Email Website
920-388-7176 920-388-3858
 
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Shipwrecks (10)
America (1873)
Buccaneer (1943)
Dawn (1888)
Edith H. Koyen (1890)
Ellen Pike (1855)
Iowa (1852)
Mount Vernon (1849)
Octavia (1849)
Rival (1861)
Thomas Spear (1880)
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