WELCOME
The Chicago Maritime Society (CMS) is a Member of the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History and National Maritime Historical Society. CMS maintains a large collection of Great Lakes maritime history, photographs and artifacts.

Please contact CMS for display schedules and times.

OUR MISSION
To preserve, increase, and disseminate knowledge of the maritime history of the city of Chicago and its nautical surroundings; to collect, restore, interpret, and display artifacts and documents of Chicago maritime history; to further awareness of the appreciation for our waterways and to contribute to our experience and progress.

BECOME A MEMBER
If you would like to join the Chicago Maritime Society, please print out their registration form and mail it in to their address:

Chicago Maritime Society
310 S. Racine, 6th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60607
312.421.9096

The Chicago Maritime Society is an Illinois Not For Profit Corporation exempt from Federal Income Tax Under Section 501(3) of the Internal Revenue code of 1986.

INTERESTED IN MARITIME HISTORY?
Visit the Chicago Maritime Society's collections! Special tours are available for scouts, schools, or special interest groups. For appointments call Deane Tank at (773) 929-6909. .

President
Thatcher Waller, Jr.
Vice President
Ralph C. Frese
Secretary/Newsletter
Rita L. Frese
Treasurer
Bob Sargent

Board of Directors
Peter Barrett
Grant Crowley
Philip Elmes
Jeneanne Fitzgerald
Rita L. Frese
John E. Holton
Matt Howard
Theodore Karamanski, Ph.D.
Robert C. Kyle
John Lamb Ph.D.
Arron Levine
Robert Nelson
Seth Low Pierrepont
John Regan, Jr.
William Rossberger
Robert Sargent
Coleman Seskind, M.D. S.C.
Deane Tank, Sr. Ph.D.
Elizabeth Waller