Reviews of Huron Lightship Museum (Museum)

Brad 'n' Lexi

Great piece of history you get to walk though. Tour guides are excellent.

Angel Weiand

This place was so cool!

Brian Watson

Extremely well preserved ship, one of very few light-ships open for tours. Fantastic guided tour given by William. I especially loved that we are able to climb into the engine room.

Michael Li

Learned a lot, was interesting to walk around and read through the placards

Angie Hammond

Home sweet home

Autum Harrington

The Volunteers/Staff here are amazing. They are quite knowledgeable of not only the ship, but local history as well. Tours are informative and rather lengthy, but worth it. If touring with younger kids try to go early and get a tour by yourselves. The guide was wonderful and helped our little one be entertained with a quicker tour. Thank you!

lly yeakle

Awsome experience. You get to go aboard a lightship.

Zach Micklea

The ship was great, and the tour guides knew every last detail of the history, crew, equipment, etc. Aside from the ship being pretty warm inside, the trip out was great.

Mark Holzhauer

Neat visit.

shawn arndt

Was closed.

Jennell Quinn

Cool sightseeing stop

Sue Barnaby

loved walking by the water and watching all the different marine ships!

Steven Smith

Guides were awesome boats pretty cool to

Bruce Chapin

I love lighthouses and this one was great. The guide was knowledgeable and shared many interesting facts and stories. Thanks Mary.

Maria Mowry

Very interesting guided tour on the history of the last freshwater lightship.

Dave Roe

Wasn't even 5 yet and was closed

Alejandro de Buen

The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, but it could open until a little later in the year.

Lizanne Chisholm

Beautiful spot to walk by the water.

Amber Hayden

Fantastic little museum! Jerry was a great tour guide and explained everything super well so that even a landlubber like me understood perfectly :-) Both gentlemen working on the ship the day I visited had a great sense of humor and were wonderful to talk to. So glad this important piece of history is being preserved!

Tara Kook

Beautiful as usual!!

Gerald Piotrowski

Great Ship Museum . . . Well Maintained and friendly Workers/Volunteers . . . Guides we're busy when we arrived, we got to explore and take pictures at our leasure . . .

Martin Lopez

Closed.????????????

Spencer Chandler

We had a great time! Jerry was so informative (and had a great sense of humor). Learned way more than I expected we would. Best money we spent touring the area. TONS of cool stuff to see and lots of stories too! 10/10

Rose Schilbe

Nice area nice park

Robert Not Bob

Very interesting

Ronald Radatz

It is still currently closed due to high water levels but it is a must-see attraction or the Blue Water Area

Kate Gillispie

Very interesting and thorough guided tour that lasted at least 90 min (be aware of the time commitment, but worth it). I did not know there were manned lightships on the Great Lakes, so seeing one and learning about their functioning and the life of the crew was fascinating.

Aaron Smythe

Cool

Rob Heydt

Very well kept up! I like seeing it every time I'm in the area.

John Law

Kids loved the museum and park

David Counterman

Nice place to take the grand kids and visit

Mike Singer

Pretty neat museum actually IN a ship

Steve & Becky Mckinney

nice and very nice people

Laura LEE Macmillan

Beautiful tour of the ship, and Freighters were passing by. When the ship bell rings the Freighters sound off their horn.The tour really was packed with history of the Lighthouse Ship and saw lens used on it and captain, crew kitchen quarters.Very I teresting.

billy khune

Such a nice piece of history the tour guide Jerry was Awesome thank you for a wonderful afternoon Sir

sean p

Amazing history and views.

Andrew Kercher

A national historic landmark! Very unique!

Amber Pawlak

Very knowledgeable guide. Gave a great tour to our group of scouts!!

Sadie Russell

The price is right. They take care of tires and everything for only $7.00.

Don Lee

Historic lightship that used to be anchored in the foot of Lake Huron, guiding ships into and out of the St. Clair River (modern automated navaids have long since taken over the job. Get a glimpse of what life was like on a somewhat lonely post, and see and hear the freighters salute with their horns as they go by on the river.

Manda

Very interesting museum. Our guide was full of information.

old school

Nice

Krista A Martin

The Huron Lightship Museum is the best.

Jerry Piotrowski

Well maintained ship . . Lots of areas to explore . . . Recomend this stop on your lighthouse tours . . .

Ed Sanner

Fun place to visit!

castercamber

A Port Huron gem. There’s a lot of history packed into this little light-ship and our guide, Jerry, told us it’s story with wit and insight. Be prepared to negotiate some tight spaces and steep ladders. (Make sure you ask Jerry about the bilge rat)

Jim Simpson

If you're in the area, this is a must see!

Skye P

Pretty neat, self guided tour wasn't very informative but overall it is a fun experience.

Andrew Thomson

A very friendly place to stop by a learn a piece of history not only relating to Michigan but the whole country.

Maxine Alter

My husband and our kids loved the light ship museum and we found it very interesting. It a place we will definitely be going back to see again soon

mathies ullenbruch

Amazing tours

Jamie

It closed and don’t know if it will ever open again

Frank Post

The Huron Lightship is maintained in great condition. A must see piece of history.

Jeffrey McErlean

Beautiful park setting with memorable views of the St. Clair River and Lake Huron.

Brian Cylkowski

Great place to explore

Eddie Jerrell

Very educational

Brian Yoder

Wonderful relaxing place and very interesting ace loved it

Taryn Hechlik

Very well kept!

John Mooney

Cool place to stop on a historic tour. Things I did not know.

J.R. Glancy

Enjoyed it years ago, so brought my brother and family to see. It's condemned now... Still had fun at the beach and pier in Port Huron though!

Autumn Starshine

Jerry was very informative and was a great tour guide. It was neat to learn about the history of the lighthouse ships

Ashley Bobruk

Very informative

Elise Palmer

A must see! The guides were fantastic! The stories behind everything were very interesting (and that's coming from someone who never really had an interest in history or boats). My husband and I really enjoyed ourselves! Take the kids too (the tour guides love kids ????)

Sheri Waldron

Cool place

Brian DeRushia

Had been damaged by large waves and was closed to public.

Kyle Newmeyer

Museum on a ship. See Fort Gratiot Lighthouse on your same trip.

Margarida Bernardo

Museum closed. Beautiful surroundings Thoroughly enjoyed the River walk.

Dan Spicer

Good place to see

Joel Hacker

Cool museum aboard a decommissioned Lightship. Wonderfully preserved location and very knowledgeable tour guides. If you're going, it's part of a network of several small museums around Port Huron and there's a discounted rate for getting access to all four at once. The only negative thing I can say is that, with Covid, none of the tour guides and most attendees were not wearing masks for the indoor parts of the tour.

Barry Stern

Have toured this several times. The kids enjoy it immensely. Thanks to the staff for everything you do here.

Dianne Mcgrath

Big ships, beautiful blue water, peaceful

Mike Culverhouse

Camped out at park right next to the Huron Light Ship Museum. It's closed but it's legacy lives on. Beautiful place.

Rhonda Mona

Was closed during my visit.

Leslie Stern

Fun!

LA SHAW WHEELER

I was just passing along the drive

Michelle Dikos

Awesome tour, found it really interesting and enjoyed it totally.

Phyllis Wrubel

Nice little museum

troy whitman

Very cool place! I've been wanting to see the light ship for a few years now, and had the chance today. Loved the Light ship, and the scenery. Well worth my drive up from Monroe, Michigan

Susan McPherran

We were lucky to get one of the most knowledgeable guides. He took us on a full tour and showed us all of the ship with stories to match! I highly recommend!

Jim Guelette

Nice piece of Michigan's water ways history

Keith Thayer

The ship is a grate peace of are history. I have walk though the ship a couple time, and find it interesting to see how things us to be done. I give a high five to all that help keep are history alive and well.

Brian Van Bibber

Great experience!

Scott Felt

What a beautiful day ....BLUE WATER BRIDGE PORT HURON

Ron Smith

Lot of fun kid's loved it

Nancy F

Awesome

Lisa James

Awesome experience. We had the best tour guide who showed such passion for the history of the lightship!

Arman Garfield

Huron Lightship Museum

Andrew Roberts

Haven't been in a while. Looking forward to going back.

Lisa Phillips

Great guided tour nice people

David Boyd

Beautiful Museum Ship. The last of many Lightships on the Great Lakes. If you put her back in the water tomorrow you'd never know she's been landlocked since the early 1970s!

Carole Miller

Our guide was retired Coast Guard and was extremely informative!

David Barron

Very informative tour, well worth the money.

Felipe Zaballa

(Translated) Ball show I really liked it (Original) Show de bola gostei muito

D. Taylor

Jerry is an amazing tour guide!!!! So informative and such a great personality!!!! Thank you guys for what you do!!

Arnie Carlsen

Fascinating tour - floating lighthouse. The guide was very knowledgeable and encouraged questions. The displays were great. You got a real feel of how the crew lived and worked. The memorial to the lost crewmembers was moving.

Frank Tsiang

Great guide. His narrative transported our group back in time. Fascinating.

Paul Burk

Great self- guided tours. If you have a question, someone is there to help you. My kids are 9 and 11, both enjoyed it.

Mike Walker

Great place to visit and get great lakes history, excellent staff.

Ronald Matts

This is a beautiful place to go visit and see the ship is really nice a piece of history the park is enjoyable and the Riverwalk is really really nice

Waneda Stiles

One of my favorite places

j d

Great job. Looking forward to next year on the fourth of July. Sure had alot of fun. Thank you.

Skip Letzring

This park is a lot of fun and relaxing a lot of friendly people ????.

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Fantastic!

Natoshia Lunney

Update: We went on to the Lighthouse museum and had a WONDERFUL time amazing staff, amazing tour, absolutely could not have asked for a better experience. We spoke with the staff about our experience here and they were fantastic and we are more than satisfied with how they addressed it. Wonderful experience, wonderful people. We are going back for sure. Changing my 1 star review to a 5 star review!!! Original review: 1star Very odd, there is a money jar at the front near the fees sign, I paid for myself and my children. then we are approached by some strange man with no identifying information, doesn't introduce himself, just says I have to pay him $25, I explained that I already paid the money In the jar. He says no that's donations not entry fees. Ok looks like I am paying $50 to walk around a tiny boat for 15 mins. Not Ideal, but ok. It's my daughters birthday and she wants to visit all the museum's. So I go to hand him 2 twenty dollar bills. Nope he can't make change. That seems suspicious. Then I ask if we get stamps, tickets, arm band etc. Nope. nothing that says he works here, nothing that says we paid. and no sign of him having taken entry fees from anyone else (no money other that what we were about to give him, and no access to any) we walked out and won't be back. I hope the "donation" we already made does some good.

Mark Adams

Interesting vessel!

Elaine Boersma

JERRY does an Excellent job giving a tour. Take the tour it is well worth it.

Angie Ford

The Huron Lightship Museum is very cool and you will learn alot of new things.

Michelle Holcombe

Great place. Beautiful

Marijane Miller

I would have like to tour this but was closed due to waterfront renovation. Looked interesting from the outside.

ciera smith

Makes for great photos????

Nicole Male

Awesome

Ma Smith

A wonderful jewel in Port Huron. If you are just visiting the area or live here if you haven't come for a visit it is a must. Excellent tour packed with a wealth of information

Gregory Audet

Loved it. Knowledgeable tour guide

bonnie girton

loved it

stan james

Beautiful view of Blue Water Bridge excellent location for a peaceful day and picnic.

Madalene Dornbach

Wonderful