Marquette Harbor Lighthouse and Maritime Museum

The Marquette Maritime Museum offers guided lighthouse tours of the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse. This is the only way to view this picturesque light. Tours run daily MID-MAY THROUGH MID-OCTOBER, 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Group tours can also be arranged by calling the Museum. The tour consists of a walk through the Coast Guard grounds where visitors will get a brief history of the Life Saving Station and Coast Guard in Marquette, MI before reaching Lighthouse Point. Once there, visitors are treated to the history of the lighthouse and the opportunity to explore the grounds and inside the lighthouse. The tour ends with a majestic walk down the front catwalk. If you have any questions, please visit our website.

The self-guided museum tells a rich rewarding story of the maritime heritage of Marquette and Lake Superior. Exhibits include birch bark canoes, ship wrecks (including the Edmond Fitzgerald), and the best Fresnel lighthouse lens collection on the Great Lakes. Antique inboard and outboard motors, restored boats, shipwreck charts and displays, 40' coast guard vessels, 36' coast guard lifeboat restoration and ore boat flags and related memorabilia. The gift ship in the museum is also available online on our website.