Dossin Great Lakes Museum

The 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) museum features exhibits such as one of the largest collections of model ships in the world, and the bow anchor of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down in a storm in 1975.

[A] This was founded in 1949 as the City Maritime Museum aboard the J. T. Wing wooden schooner, the last commercial sailing ship on the Great Lakes.

With $125,000 in donations from Detroit's Dossin family, and a matching subsidy by the city's historical commission, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum broke ground on Belle Isle on May 21, 1959, near the former mooring of the J. T. Wing.

[2] William Edward Kapp was the lead architect for the firm of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls.

[3] The Dossin Museum went through a 10-week renovation ending March 24, 2007 after over $100,000 in refurbishments, added four new exhibits.

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is located in Belle Isle Park
The Dossin Museum features artifacts and exhibits on the history and ships of the Great Lakes