USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon

A good museum with a great overnight experience. Interesting exhibits from World War II on both the Pacific and European fronts. I enjoyed seeing the nurse recruitment posters and other contributions from women. The videos about the sub provided a good description of what we would see below. Good selection of souvenirs in the shop. I highly recommend visiting with scout troops. Our girl scouts loved it.

I stayed overnight on the sub with my son for a cub scout outing and I had a blast. The staff was very helpful and informative and kindly accommodated the overnight stay with late and early hours in the museum and gift shop. The sun itself was fascinating to see and really made you appreciate the sacrifice made by all who served on them.

Far exceeded my expectations. Good historical background of WWII in the main building, with some amazing facts I did not know about. Also some good info on the local contributions to the war effort. The submarine itself was incredible to see, with the cramped quarters, watertight sections, the engines, motors, batteries, radio systems. It's still a huge boat, almost unimaginable that this thing could dive on demand and stay under for 15 hours before surfacing. Even the toilets were quite a feat of engineering. A great illustration of the incredible industrial might the USA developed in such a short time to ensure victory. Made me proud to see this knowing that my Father was a radar man in the Pacific theater on a ship.

Its amazing, sleeping over with scouts is a great experience, the USS Drum playgrond can be a great place to burn off some energy. The museum is fun and informative, so you learn when you have fun. Great!

I cannot recommend going to see Silversides enough. I heard about the Silversides from Battleship New Jersey's YouTube channel from when Ryan visited. After pinning the museum in my map and forgetting about it I realized it was close by on my work trip and I'm SO glad I took the time to visit. The museum has a fairly large selection of exhibits inside and a theater playing a loop of stories about the Silversides. The sub itself is, of course, very cramped and requires being able to navigate tight stairwells (that are closer to ladders) and being able to climb through the small watertight doors between compartments. The inside museum however would be very navigable for anyone with mobility difficulties. Having visited the New Jersey, Iowa, and Midway so far I can say Silversides definitely holds its own as a museum ship and deserves as much attention and foot traffic as they can get. They even start of the diesel engines occasionally if you're interested in hearing those fired up, you'd just have to plan to visit that day.