Ghost Ships Festival

An incredibly unique community gathering for those interested in the thousands of historic lost ships that lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes! The festival is hosted by the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association and co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Maritime Archeology program and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.

The festival treats attendees to a wide range of technologies, exhibits, artists, musicians, scuba divers and explorers whose work focuses on Great Lakes shipwrecks.

Events are scheduled 5-9 p.m. Friday, and 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. See the schedule and find all the details.

• Take a virtual walk down the deck of newly discovered lost ships through the magic of 3D virtual reality headsets.
• Attend performances by Great Lakes maritime artists and musicians.
• See hands-on exhibits of the technologies used to locate, document and tell the stories of lost Great Lakes ships.
• Visit exhibits featuring side scanning sonar, remote operated vehicles and 3D photogrammetry.
• Attend presentations from professional underwater archeologists whose job it is to record, preserve and tell the stories of historic shipwreck sites.
• Hear talks by the explorers and wreckhunters who spend their summers on the water searching for and finding historic lost ships on the Great Lakes.
• Be the first to learn of a major new shipwreck discovery on Lake Superior, as wreckhunters reveal a new a deep new wrecksite live at the festival.

Get details about a special FREE Friday night presentation: Lake Huron Red Tails! The Tuskegee Airmen Project.

Advance tickets for the two-day event are available online for $20 or can be purchased at the door for $25. Youth 17 and younger are admitted for free.