The Michigan Maritime Museum is planning its own schedule of events as part of the 2025 Ice Breaker Festival in South Haven.
The festival is set to take place all over town next weekend, January 31 through February 2, and the museum’s Brent Paige tells us they’ll have reduced admission for the weekend. There will be ice sculptures outside the museum, and more.
“We’ll have warming shelters, hot beverages, all complimentary for anyone that shows up,” Paige said. “We’re also partnering with Captain Lou’s, a restaurant that is adjacent to our property, for the chili cook-off. There’ll be samples of chili being served outside the building as well.”
Paige says the Michigan Maritime Museum will also participate in the Cardboard Sled Races with brave staff members piloting a creation of their own.
“This is a really unique event where participants are required to craft sled using cardboard. We’re modeling our sled after our 1941 36-foot motor lifeboat.”
Paige says with reduced admission, the museum will offer a lecture by its own Captain Kirk Hoffman. Captain Kirk will discuss how the 1941 36-foot Motor Lifeboat came to be at the Michigan Maritime Museum and how the boat is used to showcase Great Lakes maritime history related to the US Coast Guard. His presentation will be followed by a Q&A with museum volunteer and U.S. Coast Guard Station South Haven veteran Dave Richards.
You can learn more about the Ice Breaker Festival right here.
