The Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center is a museum in Duluth, Minnesota , operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers .
6-756: The museum is in Duluth's Canal Park near the Aerial Lift Bridge and overlooks the entrance to the Duluth-Superior harbor. The museum and grounds are all property of the U.S. federal government. All visitors are welcome to visit this museum without paying. Donations are accepted by the Lake Superior Marine Museum Association, and support general maintenance and upkeep of the building, new exhibit development and acquisition, and staffing. Exhibits demonstrate
12-645: Is connected by the Aerial Lift Bridge across the Duluth Ship Canal to the Park Point sandbar and neighborhood . Canal Park Drive and Lake Avenue South serve as the main routes in Canal Park. Canal Park is largely a conversion of an old warehouse district into restaurants, shops (especially those dealing in antiques and other novelties), cafés, and hotels. This conversion began in the 1980s as an attempt to use Duluth's rich industrial past,
18-544: The Great Lakes Aquarium , and the William A. Irvin floating ship museum. Those interested in boats will also enjoy watching vessels from around the world enter Duluth's port. Until January 2017, Canal Park was the home of broadcast studios for four Red Rock Radio stations. The Duluth NBC affiliate KBJR is still located in Canal Park. The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) now connected to
24-526: The building, underneath the Aerial Lift Bridge, which lifts up to allow them to pass through. This Minnesota museum-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Canal Park, Duluth Canal Park is a tourist and recreation-oriented district of Duluth , Minnesota , United States. Situated across the Interstate 35 freeway from Downtown Duluth , it
30-671: The decline of which had left the city in economic turmoil at the time, as an asset in a prospective tourist industry. Many annual events are held in the Canal Park area, such as the Bayfront Blues Festival and Grandma's Marathon , which starts in Two Harbors, Minnesota , and finishes in Canal Park. Some of Canal Park's attractions include a 4.2 mile long lake walk, a lighthouse pier, the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center ,
36-455: The history and operations of upper Great Lakes commercial shipping and the Aerial Lift Bridge. Many visitors particularly enjoy the three historically accurate replica cabins and a pilothouse from typical ships which plowed the waves of Lake Superior in years past. A three-story steam engine, 50 scale models and many interactive displays are available for visitors to explore. Thousand-foot-long freighters pass within 200 feet (61 m) of
#877122