The Wisconsin Maritime Museum’s newest exhibit, “Wisconsin’s Shipwreck Coasts,” features more than 100 artifacts from Wisconsin shipwrecks dating back to the mid-1800s, including personal items, family heirlooms and cargo salvaged in the 1970s. Many of the treasures in this 3,000-square-foot permanent exhibit are on public display for the first time. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter.
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