The Top of The Lake Snowmobile Museum, Naubinway Michigan
Upper Michigan Antique & Vintage Snowmobiles

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. 

Email us at info@snowmobilemuseum.com
Open All Year - 11am to 5pm (closed Tues).
Admission: Adult - $5    Kids 16 & under - Free 

New Video - Diablo 50 Mile Ride
Starring the Diablo Rouge!  We are sure that all of our antique snowmobile enthusiasts will enjoy this 50 mile ride.

Raffle Winners for Feb. 18, 2012 are now available on the Featured Snowmobile Events page under the Snowmobile Show info.

We have now joined the "facebook" crowd. You can keep udated on the very latest news there, thanks to Karen Jarema. You'll find us under Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum. 

 Latest News Flash!! 

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. 8, 2012. We are currently in the process of obtaining donated prizes and a snowmobile for this raffle. All donations are welcome!


Postula Auctions will be conducting a Consignment Auction for any recreational vehicle with a portion of the 10% commission to go to the Snowmobile Museum's Building Fund on Sept. 8, 2012.

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

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 will be hosting this exciting show July 13 & 14, 2012 in St. Ignace, MI at the Kewadin Casino Event Center!

Click here for more information.


Currently, our snowmobile museum has 84 sleds owned by 42 people, and 8 of them have been donated to the museum, along with a variety of donated memorabilia.  We have also had 6 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. 8, 2012) and the Antique & Vintage Snowmobile Show and Ride, the 3rd weekend in Feb.(16th &17th, 2013) 
Join us for all the fun!

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.
We are currently offering a Matching Fundraiser Challenge to help raise money so we can start on our new building this spring/summer! Call the Museum for more information.


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. 
Snowmobile Museum Gifts!

Building Fundraiser
The Museum Board is continuing to work on funding for our new building which will be located on the north side of US 2 in Naubinway.   

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
Welcome to Naubinway!  To begin video on the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum, please click the play button or picture.  Experience our museum - "Where the history of snowmobiling comes to life!" and bring memories back.

We also have the videos, Old Iron I, II & III 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.

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!

Thank you for visiting!  We look forward to seeing you at the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum and Michigan's Upper Peninsula!


Top of the Lake Antique Snowmobile Museum
P.O. Box 2
W11595 Center Street
Naubinway, MI 49762
Call 906 477-6298 for museum hours or call 906 477-6192 for an appointment.


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