Are you wanting to learn more about Great Lakes history? See some marine life up close? Climb aboard a freighter? At cultural and historic sites around the Great Lakes, you can do all of that and more. Great Lakes Now compiled the map below with museums, aquariums, forts and other institutions that are located right on the waterfronts. So you can see the five lakes while you learn about their histories and native plant, bird and animal life. Hundreds of other similar cultural sites exist throughout the region. But if you want to get your learning on with the Great Lakes in sight, these are your destinations. Click on a point on the map to see the name of the place and get to its website for more information. You also can zoom in on a particular city or area. Map Key
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Can you add Inland Seas Education Association to your map? We are a nonprofit in Suttons Bay, MI that has been providing environmental education programs about the Great Lakes for over 30 years. Youth and adults participate in hands-on activities aboard our vessels, along our constructed wetland, and in the Capt. Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station. Learn more about us at schoolship.org.
