Marquette Maritime Museum

The Marquette Maritime Museum is a museum and lighthouse located in Marquette in the U.S. state of Michigan. Since 2002, the museum has been associated with the Marquette Harbor Light, a lighthouse that serves traffic in Marquette Harbor and adjacent waters of Lake Superior.

Type: Museum
Description: location in Michigan, USA
Also known as: “Marquette Maritime Museum, Michigan”
Address: MI

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marquette Harbor Light and Peter White Public Library.

Marquette Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Marquette Harbor Light is located on Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan, a part of the Upper Peninsula. It is an active aid to navigation. Marquette Harbor Light is situated 790 feet northeast of Marquette Maritime Museum.

Peter White Public Library

Library

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.

The Peter White Public Library is a public library and community center in the City of Marquette, Michigan. The library building has stood at 217 North Front Street since 1904. Peter White Public Library is situated 3,500 feet west of Marquette Maritime Museum.

Marquette County Courthouse

Courthouse

Photo: Prburley, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Marquette County Courthouse, a government building located at 234 West Baraga Ave in Marquette, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Marquette County Courthouse is situated 1 mile west of Marquette Maritime Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trowbridge Park and Harvey.

Trowbridge Park

Village

Trowbridge Park is an unincorporated community in Marquette Township, Marquette County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. Trowbridge Park is situated 3 miles west of Marquette Maritime Museum.

Harvey

Village

Harvey is a census-designated place in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,244 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,393 in 2010, before the CDP was enlarged by the Census Bureau. Harvey is situated 3½ miles south of Marquette Maritime Museum.

Marquette Maritime Museum

Categories: maritime museum, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, public building, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Marquette, Marquette, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.54558° or 46° 32′ 44″ north

Longitude

-87.37924° or 87° 22′ 45″ west

Elevation

610 feet (186 metres)

Inception

1891

Open location code

86RJGJWC+68

OpenStreetMap ID

way 522240746

OpenStreetMap feature

building=civic

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

7140165

Wikidata ID

Q48977035

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