| Wisconsin Maritime Museum | |
| Former Name: | Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association |
| Established: | 1970 |
| Location: | 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Type: | Maritime museum |
| Website: | https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/ |
| Coordinates: | 44.093°N -87.656°W |
| Key Holdings: | USS Cobia (SS-245) |
| Executive Director: | Catherine Green |
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in the Lake Michigan port and shipbuilding city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.. It preserves and teaches about the maritime history of the Great Lakes and Wisconsin.[1]
The museum was founded in 1969 as the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association. The USS Cobia arrived in Manitowoc and was initially restored in 1970,[2] and in 1986 became part of the museum as well as becoming a National Historic Landmark and joining the National Register of Historic Places.[3] The submarine has been restored and has one of the oldest operational radar systems in the world.[4]
The Cobia was dry docked in 1996, and in 2022 the museum received a $500,000 grant to dry dock the Cobia again for regular maintenance and repairs.[5]
The museum offers guided tours of the Cobia as well as overnight stays on the submarine.[6] [7] In addition to the Cobia, the museum displays the 65-ton Chief Wawatam steam engine and exhibits on shipbuilding and shipwrecks in Wisconsin, a model ship gallery, children's play exhibits and a temporary exhibit gallery.[8]