Maritime Museum News
Conception of Erie Canal Featured Topic at Lecture Series
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is pleased to present “The Conception of the Erie Canal” with Derrick Pratt as part of our History Lecture Series scheduled for Wednesday, October 22nd at 6:00pm. In celebration of the Erie Canal’s bicentennial, the Maritime Museum’s fall 2025 History Lecture Series explores the lasting impact of the Erie Canal as part of the American experience with featured speakers from regional museums and cultural centers.
Maritime Museum's 2025 Benefit Drawing: Get Your Tickets Here!
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum's Annual Benefit Drawing for 2025 includes a slew of noteworthy prizes including local on-the-water experiences and great dining options! Tickets are $10 each.
Liberty Clipper to Offer Tall Ship Sailing out of Oswego Harbor
The 125’ schooner Liberty Clipper will be visiting Oswego Harbor September 4-7, and offering three sailing trips a day! With her spacious decks and traditional rigging, it is an unforgettable experience.
Fall History Lecture Series Features Bicentennial of Erie Canal
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is pleased to present “Local Laterals of the Erie Canal’s Middle Division” with Jacob Maloney as part of their History Lecture Series scheduled for Wednesday, September 17th at 6:00pm. The Maritime Museum’s fall 2025 History Lecture Series explores the lasting impact of the Erie Canal as part of the American experience. In celebration of the Erie Canal’s bicentennial, the three-part series runs September through November 2025.
2025 Lake Ontario Waterfront Festival
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum and New York Sea Grant have announced new features and hours for the 2025 Lake Ontario Waterfront Festival to be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025 along the Oswego Port Authority West Pier at 1 West First Street in Oswego, New York. The free admission event will include live raptors, boats, e-bikes, historic maritime vessels, boat tours, water rescue emergency services, Great Lakes conservation and science exhibits, and free admission to the museum.
2024 Annual Benefit Drawing Winners Announced
On November 20th, at the H. Lee White Maritime Museum's Annual Volunteer Reception, the winners of the Annual Benefit Drawing were selected. They are certainly going to have a blast! This year’s drawing raised close to $6,000.
Tugging Around Oswego Harbor - William Leighton Exhibit
Through photographs, watercolors, and scale models, Leighton’s impressions of tugboats provide a vivid portrait of Oswego Harbor in the 20th century and echo the essential nature of tugboats to harbor operations. As a professional photographer and twenty-eight-year veteran of the Palladium Times, Leighton’s (1925-2017) love for the workhorse of the water is on full display May 18 through December 22, 2024.
Honoring the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
Today, moored along the West First Street Pier in Oswego Harbor, LT-5 Major Elisha K. Henson serves as a dock-side attraction, a remnant of the greatest generation, and a site worthy of preservation. Seventy-five years ago, the 114’ ocean going tugboat played a crucial role in what General Dwight Eisenhower termed the “Great Crusade” – the allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, colloquially known as D-Day.
International Museum Ship Weekend 2024
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is excited to welcome back Fred Legaweic as part of International Museum Ship Weekend, hosted June 1-2, 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Youth Sailboat Sprint - Build Your Own Workshops
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is partnering with the Children’s Museum of Oswego and the City of Oswego to offer two off-site model sailboat building workshops for children ages 5-15 years of age. The first is May 2nd .
Ned & Gail Goebricher Named Volunteers of the Year in 2023
Ned and Gail Goebricher, of Oswego, were honored recently at the Museum’s Annual Volunteer Reception for their dedication to the restoration of the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse and their involvement with the H Lee White Maritime Museum in particular with Lighthouse Boat Tours.
Oswego Lighthouse Tour Booking Open for 2024
The H. Lee White Maritime Museum at Oswego is now taking reservations for boat tours to the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse for the 2024 season!