Ellie Shunko

Cook County

Lauren Traut

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Homewood-Flossmoor

Illinois

Chicago Heights

Oak Forest

Tinley Park

Lake County

Munster

Indiana

Lorraine Swanson

Alsip-Crestwood

Hammond

Will County

Andrea Earnest

Frankfort

Chicago

Beverly-MtGreenwood

Orland Park

Mokena

Irwin Community Center & Irwin Park

Come along with Chicago Maritime Museum (CMM) curator Madeline Crispell for a "deep dive" into the history of underwater archaeology in the Chicago area and Great Lakes. Once the busiest maritime port in the country, Chicago had more ship traffic than New York City, San Francisco, and New Orleans combined. This legacy may be best reflected under the waters of Lake Michigan, via the shipwrecks and other artifacts surveyed by organizations like the Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago. Hear about the many shipwrecks off the coast of Chicago, see some of the artifacts in CMM's collection, and learn why Illinois may have a less robust maritime archaeology program than our peer Great Lakes states.&nbsp;
This event is free and open to the public. Please join us for light refreshments before the program.
To view this program remotely via ZOOM, send an email requesting access to the link below. 1-2 days before the program, our host will forward all admission information. Please log in to this event by 7:00 PM.
<a href="mailto:southsubarkyzoom-request@yahoo.com">southsubarkyzoom-request@yahoo.com</a>
For further information, visit the website of the <a href="https://southsuburbanarchsociety.weebly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">South Suburban Archaeological Society.</a>
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