Port of Ludington Maritime Museum — Attraction in Ludington

A nice large 3 story building that used to house the coast guard, now is home to a Maritime Museum. When you enter there's a display that almost looks holographic. It's just a well hidden tv screen, that displays a sea captain welcoming you.  There's a large model of the pilot house of a great ship behind the welcoming. There's lots of displays that talk about all fathoms of the local Maritime history. Old lighthouse lights, models of cargo ships. There is a model room that has models of all the lighthouses in the United States. Moving up stairs there is models of old sailing ships from a bunch of different countries. There is also artifacts from shipwrecks and how the ships sank. Also on that floor is a simulator where you can try driving a cargo ship, it is actually very hard! On the top floor you have the history of the local Coast Guard.

I got a combo ticket for here and White Pines Historic Village for $22. The lady at the desk was very helpful and nice to talk to.

Overall an easy 5 star review. Would I return? Absolutely, very informative and...

a great facility by any standards for kids and adults. Too much to see, they have expansive exhibits back to the early days of the area, and the people who shaped Ludington, Mi a rainy day had me visiting the shore and the SS Badger (loading ramps under Repair Oct 2023)and we say the sign and walked a bit to the museum.. Informative hosts let us roam and pointed out the History it all represented. Real time computer exhibits were amazing, to compliment the usual older sailing ships, presented in glass cases and with proper lighting to make them shine. Lots of small lighthouses as well in glass cases were representing many areas of the country. Kid friendly exhibits, some video of extremely old films, and things protected if they had to be including the lens from the Big Sable Lighthouse, which survived intact according to the volunteers at the lighthouse, even during the time when the rest of the place was abandoned..! I had to buy a few things at the...

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...