The Top of The Lake Snowmobile Museum, Naubinway, Michigan "Where the history of snowmobiling comes to life" Welcome to the the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum! We are a non-profit antique & vintage snowmobile museum in Naubinway, Michigan. We are located 2 blocks south of US 2 at the blinking light. Our museum, fundraisers and events provide one-of-a-kind experience for people of all ages. We invite you to visit our museum, join us for our events and explore our wonderful town of Naubinway, Michigan in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Email us at info@snowmobilemuseum.com
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New Video - Diablo 50 Mile Ride We have now joined the "facebook" crowd. You can keep udated on the very latest news there, thanks to Karen Jarema and Lori Vallier. You'll find us under Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum. |
Latest News Flash!! May 10, 2013 - Groundbreaking Ceremony! The Groundbreaking was on Friday, May 10 at 2:00 pm at the new museum site on US 2 in downtown Naubinway, MI. Here is the link for the 9 & 10 News video of the Groundbreaking: http://www.9and10news.com/story/22221410/ground-breaking-ceremony-marks-new-chapter-for-upper-peninsula-snowmobile-museum. You can also find pictures of the event on the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum facebook page. Also you will find a photo gallery of the building's progress on this website, under the New Building page. On March 14, 2013 the State Savings Bank of Manistique, MI approved our loan for the new building! With your donations and donated labor pledged for the project, we are able to borrow $200,000, which is the minimum needed to get the building up and open. With this amount, we will be keeping the payment the same as what we have been paying for the last 4 years. We will continue to need your support to keep the museum growing. We have lots of ideas! Stay tuned to this website and facebook for updates as the project progresses. We still have snow, but it will eventually go and then we will begin! On Feb. 2, 2013 Charlie,from the Museum, took the 1969 Timberwolf on the Vintage Lap around the track at the Soo I-500 in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. The Timberwolf was made in the Sault, and was the 'Pace Sled' for the 1970 I-500 race. It was donated to the Museum this spring by David Blair and restored by 5 Museum members. It is now in the Museum. It is something to see! On Dec. 7, 2012 the Museum was awarded a $35,000 grant through MCACA (Michigan Council of Arts and Cultural Affairs) for the new building! Many thanks to MCACA and Laura Marohnic, with MI-SBTDC, for her hard work on this grant. The new building project is one step closer! The January, 2013 issue of SnowGoer magazine has an article about the 13 Best Snowmobile Museums in North America, and Top of the Lake Museum was rated #1 and has a fantastic article about the museum! Thanks to Chris Riley and David Wells for their great work. The Museum has received a framed print of a Special Tribute from 6 State Legislators and also signed by the Governor of MIchigan. We are honored to be noticed by the Legislators and Governor. It is on display at the Museum. Raffles: The next Museum Fundraiser Raffle for our new building will be held during our annual Swap Meet & Auction, Sept.14, 2013. Tickets will be available soon. Please check the Featured Snowmobile Events page for the list of prizes. Contact the Museum for tickets or if you have something to donate for the raffle. Postula Auctions conducted a Consignment Auction for any recreational vehicle or related items, with the 10% commission to go to the Snowmobile Museum's Building Fund on Sept. 8, 2012. We plan on having an auction with our Swap Meet again Sept. 14, 2013. Bring your item to the Museum on Friday evening or Sat. am Cost: $20 if you have a minimum bid on your item plus 10% of the sale price All other items, cost is 10% of the sale price which will be donated to the New Building Fund. To list or view some items listed so far, check out www.postulaauctions.com. or contact the Museum at 906-477-6298 or info@snowmobilemuseum.com
The Michigan Secretary of State office has announced that the One-Time Snowmobile Registration is available as of 10/1/11. You will only be able to apply online at this time and the link you need is here: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/SOS448_Historic_Snowmobile_App_362171_7.pdf Forms are also available at the Museum. Please call for more information.
UNDER THE RADAR PBS SHOW The Museum has hit the Michigan, Canada & northern Ohio PBS TV screen beginning April 9, 2011. A Michigan PBS show, Under the Radar, filmed at the museum in February, 2011 and it aired on the Detroit PBS station, Saturday, April 9. You can check your local stations for their listings and look for Episode 112. An intro segment of the show through YouTube is currently on our Facebook page. The Under the Radar crew received an Emmy for their first season of shows (which included ours). Congratulations to them! 7th Annual VSCA National Championship Snowmobile Show The Museum hosted this exciting show July 13 & 14, 2012 in St. Ignace, MI at the Kewadin Casino Event Center! You can view pictures on the Gallery of Photos page and the National Show write-up in the Fall 2012 Newsletter. "SnowTrails TV" has a segment of the National Show that is now airing periodically. Currently, our snowmobile museum has 84 sleds owned by 42 people, and 8 of them have been donated to the museum, along with a wide variety of donated memorabilia. We have also had 7 sleds donated to the museum to use as fundraisers. All funds received from donated items at our fundraisers are then used for museum operation. All donations are tax deductible. The Museum is a 501c3 non-profit corporation. |
 | Great Events We currently hold two major Upper Michigan antique & vintage snowmobile events annually that is suitable for the entire family: The Annual Top of the Lake Swap Meet the second Sat. in Sept. (Sept. 14, 2013) and the Antique & Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride, the 3rd weekend in Feb.(14th &15th, 2014)
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Why Donate? To continue reaching our goals, which include getting into a building on US 2, we depend on the help of people like you. Whether its a yearly membership, visiting the museum, taking part in a fun activity, buying raffle tickets, or making a donation.
WANTED: New Members! If you would like to become a supporting member of the Museum, or already are a member and need to renew your membership, call the Museum and Marilyn will set you up. The cost is $50 per year. A membership includes free admission for 2 to the Museum and all museum events, 2 newsletters a year and the pride in helping to save a memorable part of snowmobiling history. |
 | Online Vintage and Antique Snowmobile Museum Store Check out our antique snowmobile museum store and browse our clothing, hats, Top of the Lake items, memory cutouts, patches, books, children's handcrafted snowmobile rockers, and more! We will continue to add new snowmobile related items in the future, so check back often. All purchases are made securely online through PayPal or call the museum with your credit card order.
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Building Fundraiser As of July 29, 2010 we are the owners of approximately 1 acre of property on the north side of US 2, downtown Naubinway! Someone has volunteered his labor and equipment to clear the land. This has been completed. A local logger has donated his equipment and labor to chip the trees. We now have someone to excavate the land for us. The site will then be ready for the next step to look for funding for the new building. If you would like to be a part of this great venture, please contact the Museum! We are open to all ideas and information. With all of the donations we have received of memorabilia, money and snowmobiles, we realize this has become a project of love and memories made by so many people. It is definitely not "our" museum but "your" museum. As you can guess, it will take a lot of hard work and help to build and establish a bigger and better museum. We want to make you a big part of this project. We have donation boards made to list donors and contributors. We''ll have more information in the coming weeks and check out our New Building Project page here on the website. |
Online Antique Snowmobile Related Videos & Information We also have the videos, Old Iron I, II, III & IV by Memo-Vision Video Productions, for sale. Video II has a segment on the Museum featured along with several other great features, which last almost 2 hours and Video IV has a segment about the Vintage National Show, July 14, 2012. Bud Knapp, Snowmobile Hall of Fame Historian, is available as a great resource for antique and vintage information. Please feel free to call him at 616-940-5429. He is in a Nursing Home, but his mind is still sharp. He loves to talk about snowmobiles! His adddress is: Bud Knapp, Pilgrim Manor, 2000 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
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Thank you for visiting! We look forward to seeing you at the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum and Michigan's Upper Peninsula! |
