Museum · Belle Isle
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
100 Strand Dr (Belle Isle), Detroit 48207
On the web
Venue website (opens in a new tab)The Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle focuses on the maritime history of the Great Lakes and Detroit River, with ship models and a restored pilothouse. It hosts lectures, remembrance events and family days run by the Detroit Historical Society.
Permanent exhibitions
- Bow anchor of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- Pilot house of the freighter SS William Clay Ford, overlooking the Detroit River
- Gothic Room, the oak smoking lounge of the steamer City of Detroit III
- Miss Pepsi hydroplane and Detroit River boat racing
- Great Lakes shipping and shipwreck history
