I was provided a free pass to the Maritime Museum located in Sandusky, Ohio. All thoughts are 100% honest and my own.
I was very impressed with the knowledge of our tour guide at the museum. I could tell he had a passion for old Maritime items and their importance in our history. Sandusky has a rich Maritime history. Through their interactive exhibits and educational programs, you can learn much about boat building, ice harvesting, commercial fishing, shipwrecks, wetlands, Sandusky’s role in the Underground Railroad, recreational boating, commercial shipping, passenger boats, and much more.
I learned that keeping one fish fresh takes ten pounds of ice while in transport. Some of the main fish in the area are Perch and Yellow Bass, and the local restaurants offer them for sale on their menus.
Kids can make their little sailboats to take home with them. Young adults and their parents can build a small boat to take home. The class provides all of the material for the ship and the course on how to make the boat for a total cost of only $300.00. Young children can learn how to create and tie Maritime knots.
There are a lot of old-time wooden boats on display that are in mint condition; many of the ships were made in Sandusky, Ohio. They stopped making these wooden boat beauties because of fiberglass and aluminum, which did not take the maintenance to maintain that the wooden boats take to keep.
The museum has a lot of old Maritime tools and equipment. They also have a collection of items from the Underground Railroad. They have chains, shackles, and pictures of the houses that helped with the Underground Railroad network. They have educational films on the Maritime Industry and the Underground Railroad. To learn more, go to sanduskymaritime.org.
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