The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is getting more grant funding for the new Wisconsin Maritime Heritage Center.
Executive Director Kevin Cullen announced that the grant will support renovations to the facility’s West Bay, which will include a customized compact boat storage system to efficiently store over 40 of the museum’s historic small boat collection and over 300 historic outboard motors.
The money also creates 3,000 square feet of secure, climate-controlled storage that meets modern museum standards for artifact preservation.
The new heritage center also includes renovations of the East Bay for compact artifact storage and the North Bay to create a freshwater conservation lab, a visible storage area, and public educational spaces.
Cullen stated, “We are grateful to the West Foundation for recognizing the importance of this renovation project, as we transform the Wisconsin Maritime Heritage Center into a community resource for the public to view the vast collection not on exhibit.”
The future heritage center on Franklin Street has also gotten funding from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation for the Captain Carus Maritime Garden Project.
