Maritime Museum News

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!

Shipwrecks of Upstate New York

A new exhibit, courtesy of Tim Caza and Dennis Gerber, features twenty five 3D printed and hand painted models of local shipwrecks. On display now, at the H. Lee White Maritime Museum.