Death's Door Maritime Museum - Gills Rock
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Museum/Gallery Type
- Historical
Death's Door Maritime Museum - Gills Rock
12724 W Wisconsin Bay Rd - Ellison Bay, WI 54210
Information:
920-743-5958
Mid-May - mid-October: Daily 10am-5pm.
The Death’s Door Maritime Museum celebrates the area’s commercial fishing tradition. Located in the village of Gills Rock at the tip of the Door County peninsula on the shores of Porte des Mortes (Death’s Door), the museum features a shipwreck and scuba diving exhibit, including artifacts brought up from the bottom of Lake Michigan. It also boasts the wooden fishing tug Hope. Visitors will also see the bronze sculpture unveiled in 2018, a tribute to commercial fishing in Northern Door.
What's Nearby
Events
Places To Stay
Dining
1
Death’s Door Dance Festival
7/26/2024 - 7/28/2024
Ellison Bay - 3.97 miles away
2
Death’s Door Dance Festival
7/26/2024 - 7/28/2024
Ellison Bay - 4.31 miles away
3
Liberty Grove Antique Tractor & Arts Festival
7/27/2024 - 7/28/2024
Ellison Bay - 4.8 miles away
4
Liberty Grove Historical Society Antique Tractor and Arts Festival
7/27/2024 - 7/28/2024
Ellison Bay - 4.85 miles away
5
Death’s Door Dance Festival
7/26/2024 - 7/28/2024
Sister Bay - 8.88 miles away
6
Death’s Door Dance Festival
7/26/2024 - 7/28/2024
Sister Bay - 8.98 miles away
7
Death’s Door Dance Festival
7/26/2024 - 7/28/2024
Ephraim - 12.25 miles away
8
Food Trucks & Floaties
7/27/2024
Baileys Harbor - 17.05 miles away