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Explore an actual Great Lakes Freighter! The Museum Ship Valley Camp offers more than just a tour of her deck. Housed inside her massive cargo holds is a 20,000 square foot museum with over 100 exhibits!
What once held coal, iron ore, and limestone is now home to displays showcasing maritime memories, shipwrecks, lighthouses, and local history. Explore the coal-fired steamer from engine room to pilot house,
peer into our four 1200-gallon aquariums, view lifeboats from the sunken Edmund Fitzgerald, explore crew quarters and dining areas inside the freighter that sailors called home for nearly 50 years. Complete with ramping system to help you
navigate from level to level.
Dan S | June 2026
Certainly Worth Boarding
A very worthwhile stop. Ship is loaded with exhibits down below and on deck you can see the officer and crew quarters. The Edmund Fitzgerald display, with the actual lifeboats, paintings and...
SeniorTravelerTF | July 2026
Allow plenty of time, lots to take in
If you are the type that reads all exhibits and doesn't skip to catch up to the rest of the group - leave 3 hours for this museum. The setting is unique, located inside the hull of a retired...
Kevin S | July 2026
Unhealthy Heat Trap
Don’t waste your money!!! Today was 84 degrees, the inside of the ship was over 100! Only two fans running, one small interior room with A/C. My wife got weak from heat exhaustion, many...
Peter K | June 2026
Cool ship, interesting museum
We visited here on 6/15/26 while waiting for our Soo Lock oat ride,. It was $17 per person. We spent 2 hours touring the ship and could have spent another 2 or 3 easily.
It was cool to see the inside...
curt w | September 2025
great lakes history in a ore ship
If you like great lakes history and ships you should like this museum. Three levels of a 540 ft ore ship filled with displays plus showing the inner working of the ship.
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