Over 4,000 Objectsand art in our Artefact Collection
More than 3,500 linear feet of Records in our Archival Collection
More than 50,000 Ship Plans and over 3,500 linear feet of records in our collection
A broad range of instruments, tools and equipment used by mariners and shipbuilders
More than 31,000 Photos professional and amateur over many decades

Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston

55 Ontario Street   613 542-2261

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Walking Directions from City Hall

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From City Hall - 8 minutes walking

Hours & Admission

The Museum is OPEN YEAR ROUND

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New Special Exhibit: Hundred Year Storm

The “White Hurricane” of November 1913 was the worst marine disaster in Great Lakes history. Many ships were lost or destroyed and hundreds of sailors died. Other Great Storms have ravaged the Lakes before and since, but none quite like it, so far.

This new special exhibit marks the anniversary of the tragedy honouring those lost, but also looking at what has, and hasn’t, changed in the century since.

Are we prepared for another Hundred Year Storm today?

Welcome to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes

Marine Museum

The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston was founded in 1975. Located on 55 Ontario St. at the only federally built dry dock on the Great Lakes, the Marine Museum houses the original pumping station and steam engines built in 1891. 

The Museum has on display a wide ranging collection of marine artifacts and exhibits, a significant fine art collection, and is home to the Gordon C. Shaw Study Centre, and Audrey Rushbrook Memorial Library.  Current exhibits highlight the growth of ship building and shipping technologies, the history of boat building, the life of the sailor, as well as regional Kingston's maritime history and our place on the Great Lakes.  The recently opened Eco Gallery focuses on environmental issues/successes related to the Great Lakes.

The Museum Ship Alexander Henry was built in 1959. A former buoy tender and light icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard, the Alexander Henry is a fine example of shipbuilding from the last century. With its twenty ton crane, block and tackle, hydraulic ram and other functional machinery, visiting students can learn first hand about this purpose built structure, and about ice breaking in Canadian waters. The ship is available for tours from May - October, weather permitting.

In The News: Marine Museum of The Great Lakes (Kingston, Ontario) - by Alex Binkley, Canadian Sailings Magazine

Museum News Article

 The Marine Museum was featured in a February 2013 article in Canadian Sailings, written by Alex Binkley.

Shoreline Shuffle

Upcoming Event

June 23, 2013

Link to article.

AGM Meeting

The Marine Museum's 2013 Annual General Meeting will be held on 26 May at 2:00 PM. Keynote speaker John Henry will discuss his new book, Great White Fleet.

Book Launch

The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
invites you attend the book launching and presentation of
 
The Great White Fleet
by 
John Henry
Great White Fleet

Saturday, May 25 at 2:00 - 4:00 pm 

John Henry will give a presentation on his book at 3:00