Maritime Speaker Series is Underway

The 2021-22 Door County Medical Center’s Maritime Speaker Series is offering monthly programs on topics from history to current issues affecting the Great Lakes and the economies that rely on them. 

Upcoming programs – all starting at 7 pm at the Door County Maritime Museum, 120 N. Madison Ave. in Sturgeon Bay – will be “Gales of November” by Dan Heibler on Nov. 4; “Marquette and the Ho-Chunk” by Patrick Jung on Dec. 2; “Wisconsin Shipwrecks” by Tamara Thomsen on Feb. 3; “Women Shippers and Traders on the Great Lakes,” presented virtually by Victoria Brehm on March 3; and “America’s Cup Sailing” by Daniel Lamere on May 5. The Jan. 6 and April 7 programs are still being planned.

There is no cost to attend, but donating a nonperishable food item is encouraged. If watching online, please donate to a local food pantry.Find more details and a link to the online presentation at dcmm.org/maritime-speaker-series.