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The Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) shares news, event announcements, and discovery updates through a few main channels: its Facebook page, its website's News section, and its email newsletter. The most reliable way to catch time-sensitive updates—like the annual shipwreck show—is to follow the Facebook page, while the website serves as the long-term archive for shipwreck records and past show material.
Follow MSRA on Facebook for announcements and discoveries
The site points visitors to its Facebook page as the place to follow while between events:
"In the meantime, follow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichiganShipwreckResearchAssociation/"
The homepage also repeats this under a "Never miss an event, announcement or discovery!" prompt, which tells you what kind of content to expect there: event notices, general announcements, and news of new discoveries.
Best for: timely updates, especially anything tied to a specific date or a newly found wreck.
Subscribe to the newsletter
The site lists a Newsletter link in its main navigation, alongside Home, About, News, Join, Membership, Donate, Store, Links, and Contact. The homepage notes that MSRA is "partially funded by members and supporters like you," and the newsletter is the organization's direct-to-inbox channel.
How to use it: open the Newsletter link from the site navigation and follow the sign-up instructions on that page. Because the site doesn't describe the newsletter's frequency or contents in the material available, treat it as a general updates channel rather than a guaranteed breaking-news alert.
Check the News section and Contact page
Two other navigation entries matter for staying current:
- News — the site's own section for organizational updates.
- Contact — for reaching the organization directly, including the listed contacts Valerie van Heest, Craig Rich, and Jack van Heest.
If you want to ask about a specific wreck, volunteer, or confirm details of an upcoming event, the Contact page is the appropriate route rather than social media comments.
Use the website as a research archive
Beyond news, michiganshipwrecks.org organizes its maritime history content into browsable categories:
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Shipwrecks | Found Shipwrecks, Lost Shipwrecks, Surf Zone Shipwrecks (lost and found), Airplane Losses |
| Virtual Museum | Shipwrecks: A Deep Look, Lost & Found, Unsolved Mysteries, Artifact Collection |
| 2020 Mysteries & Histories | Material from that year's show |
| Archive of past shows | 1997–2019, listed by year |
This is useful if your interest is historical rather than time-sensitive: you can look up whether a particular wreck is classified as found or lost, or revisit past show content by year.
Plan around the annual shipwreck show
The current homepage message is a post-event note:
"Thanks for attending the 2026 'MYSTERIES & HISTORIES BENEATH THE INLAND SEAS' Shipwreck show! We'll be back in March, 2027."
So the annual show runs under the title "Mysteries & Histories Beneath the Inland Seas," and the next one is announced for March 2027. Tickets and memberships are handled through the site ("Buy your tickets or membership here!"), and the archive of past shows from 1997 onward gives you a sense of the format before you attend.
Practical takeaway: if you only want one channel, follow the Facebook page for announcements and discovery news; if you want the deeper historical material, work through the Shipwrecks and Virtual Museum sections and the past-show archive.