The Chicago Maritime Museum, Bridgeport Art Center, and entire neighborhood open up to the public for free for Third Friday. Explore the museum and the rest of the building with docents positioned around our galleries to answer questions.  

Join Ted Karamanski for a book signing and discussion of his new book, Great Lake: An Unnatural History of Lake Michigan. Unlike the mountains, deserts, and oceans of North America, Lake Michigan is unique in that it has always interacted with human populations. Karamanski’s book explores the