MARQUETTE MARITIME MUSEUM
Preserving Maritime History of Marquette and the Great Lakes
Mission
The Marquette Maritime Museum mission is to preserve and protect the maritime history of Marquette, Lake Superior and the Great Lakes and remember the exploits of our submarine veterans.
Ruling year
1981
President of the board
Frederick Stonehouse
Main address
PO Box 1096
Marquette, MI 49855 USA
EIN
38-2325536
NTEE code
Museum & Museum Activities (A50)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Marquette Maritime Museum is continually working to improve and update all exhibits and make for a better experience for all ages.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Children's Art/History Camps
Camps are designed to teach children historical significance of Maritime History through art.
Maritime Month
Celebrate maritime History with special event Lighthouse tours, lecture, and educational opportunities for all ages
Evening/Sunrise Lighthouse Tours
Special Event lighthouse tours include Sunrise & Coffee Tours and Evening lighthouse tour with re-enactment.
Art Week
Maritime Museum hosts a Children's Plein Air Painting workshop during Marquette's Art Week
Maritime History on Tap
Museum hosts Maritime History Lectures at the Ore Dock Brewing Company at 7:00 p.m. on the 1st Tuesday of the month, November through April.
FREE School Field Trip Program
Museum offers FREE field trips to schools.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of free participants on field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
FREE School Field Trip Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
The Maritime Museum offers free field trips to school groups.
Total number of fields trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
FREE School Field Trip Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Total number of classes offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Children's Art/History Camps
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
The Museum began offering Children's Art/History Camps in 2017.
Total dollars received in contributions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Multiracial people, Families
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Individual Donations for general operating expenses and capital campaign (roof project)
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Families, Economically disadvantaged people, At-risk youth
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This does not include Board of Director volunteer hours: 2016 - 5600, 2017 - 2000; 2018 - 1830; 2019 - 825; 2020-736; 2021-550; 2022 - 400; 2023 - 400
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of the Marquette Maritime Museum is to protect, preserve and interpret the maritime history of Marquette, Lake Superior and all the Great Lakes, and remember our submarine veterans. Marquette Maritime Everything we do supports our mission, including offering free school fieldtrips (with curriculum material for teachers) and free art/history workshops in collaboration with Liberty Children's Art Project. Then Museum has updated 11 exhibits in the last three years by adding multi-media video consoles to help with historical interpretation. Feedback from museum guests has been outstanding. We have improved lighting in in the main gallery and added two new exhibits, including a rotating exhibit space and an exhibit dedicated to the history of the Water Works building, architect D. Fred Charlton, and the history of the Maritime museum. In 2019 and 2020, we updated our Lighthouse exhibits, and several other exhibits on local docks. We continue to work on educational programming with the publishing of Fred Stonehouse's Marquette Shipwrecks, which will be offered to our field trip teachers beginning in 2022. Lighthouse improvements include new exhibits on the first floor and continued collaboration with the City of Marquette to offer tours. In 2021, the Museum was granted use of the old Stannard Rock Boathouse to turn into an exhibit space on Recreational Boating.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Marquette Maritime Museum has received several grants, including grants form the Hirvonen Foundation, Marquette Community Foundation, Shopko Foundation, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs grant, to improve arts and educational programming for the museum as well as update exhibits and make for a better overall museum experience for all ages.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Museum director Hilary Billman works full time and has secured grants for updates. The Museum Board of Directors and Staff meet yearly for a startegic planning session where we discuss goals and accomplishments and set timelines for completion.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have completed several new exhibit spaces, installed 11 video monitors, secured funding for arts programming for next season, and are working on improving at least three additional exhibits in the main gallery.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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MARQUETTE MARITIME MUSEUM
Board of directorsas of 05/01/2024
Frederick Stonehouse
Scott Porter
Lee Rowe
Charles Wright
Fred Stonehouse
Charon Porter
David Northey
Carolyn Northey
Kurt Fosburg
Frank Dockers
Susan Hill
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
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