LEGO® builders of all ages, are you ready for nautical fame? For 2025, there are two versions of our annual LEGO® Ship Shape Competition:

In the Museum

Come visit from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, build a ship, and you’ll be entered into our daily contest. Daily winners will be entered into the grand prize contest at the end of the week. See what’s being created here.

At Home

Build a ship using your own bricks and upload a photo of it to the Museum’s Padlet.  When doing so make sure to give your ship a name so we can recognize it!

Rules: All ships will be judged based on originality, aesthetics (looks), and difficulty of construction. Entries must be your own creation, not a LEGO® designed kit or a project found online, in a magazine, etc. Your ship should be no larger than two standard 32 x 32 stud baseplates. Builders of all ages are welcome to enter. Don’t forget to include your email with your entry so that we can notify the winners!

The contests will start Saturday, February 15th at 10:00 AM and run to Sunday, February 23rd at 5:00 PM EST. The winners will be announced on Friday, March 7th.