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Belleville Area Museum Belleville, Michigan
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The Belleville Area Museum first opened at Old Quirk School in 1989, featuring small-... |
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Berrien County Historical Association & Museum Berrien Springs, Michigan
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Initial efforts aimed at preserving Michigan’s oldest courthouse, built in 1839.... |
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Besser Museum For Northeast Michigan Alpena, Michigan
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Through research, the museum collects, preserves, and interprets artifacts, specimens,... |
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Birmingham Historical Museum Birmingham, Michigan
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The Allen House is on the site of Birmingham's first brick schoolhouse. In fact, some of... |
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Charles H. Wright Museum Of African American History Detroit, Michigan
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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is the world's largest... |
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Charlton Park Village And Museum Hastings, Michigan
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School groups choosing the “Live-in” program get hands-on experience in rural... |
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Chesaning Area Historical Society & Museum Chesaning, Michigan
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In the year of 1835, by the authority of the territorial legislature, the county of... |
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Clio Area Historical Depot Museum Clio, Michigan
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The city of Clio is located in northern Genesee County along the I-75 corridor... |
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Coppertown Usa Calumet, Michigan
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Michigan's Copper Industry began thousands of years ago when ancient miners chipped away... |
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Dennos Museum Center Traverse City, Michigan
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The Museum Center features three changing exhibit galleries and an elegant sculpture... |
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Detroit Historical Society & Museum Detroit, Michigan
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The Detroit Historical Museum, established in 1928, is one of America’s oldest and... |
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Elk Rapids Area Historical Society & Museum Elk Rapids, Michigan
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Designed by Charles H. Peale and built in 1883 near the site where the earliest white... |
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Ella Sharp Museum Of Art And History Jackson, Michigan
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The Ella Sharp Museum of Art & History opened on October 3, 1965. Forty years later... |
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Fort St. Joseph Museum Niles, Michigan
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Featured exhibits portray the history of Fort St. Joseph, built by the French in 1691,... |
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Frankenmuth Historical Museum Frankenmuth, Michigan
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The museum uses hands-on displays, video and audio, and interesting artifacts to tell... |
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Gilmore Car Museum Hickory Corners, Michigan
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Nestled on 90 landscaped acres in restored historic barns are nearly 200 extraordinary... |
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Great Lakes Naval Memorial And Museum Muskegon, Michigan
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Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum invites visitors to step back into time aboard two... |
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Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society & Museum Orchard Lake, Michigan
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The Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society began as the Orchard Lake Scenic and... |
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Hackley & Hume Historic Site Muskegon, Michigan
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Henry Ford Museum Dearborn, Michigan
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It began as a simple yet bold idea to document the genius of ordinary people by... |
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Heritage Museum And Cultural Center St. Joseph, Michigan
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The center's collections are developed to reflect the complete human history of St.... |
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Historical Society Of Saginaw County & The Castle Museum Saginaw, Michigan
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The remarkable "Castle" Federal building in downtown Saginaw had been slated... |
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Imlay City Historical Museum Imlay City, Michigan
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Imlay City Historical Museum also hosts several events throughout the year. The Imlay... |
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Inland Water Route Historical Society & Museum Alanson, Michigan
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The Inland Route, known to the Indians and fur traders, included Round Lake (near Lake... |
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Kalamazoo Valley Museum Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Accredited by the American Association of Museums, Kalamazoo Valley Museum is operated by... |
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Kempf House Museum Ann Arbor, Michigan
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The Kempfs were the most prominent of the German families who enriched Ann Arbor with... |
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Keweenaw County Historical Society & Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Eagle Harbor, Michigan
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The copper mining industry got going on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the 1840s. Lake... |
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Lenawee County Historical Society & Museum Adrian, Michigan
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The archives of the Lenawee Historical Museum includes the following: Adrian City... |
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Lincoln Park Historical Society & Museum Lincoln Park, Michigan
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The Historical Society of Lincoln Park supports the Lincoln Park Historical Museum in its... |
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Little Traverse Historical Society & Museum Petoskey, Michigan
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The Little Traverse Historical Society was established in 1905. To this end, and with the... |
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Mason Area Historical Society & Museum Mason, Michigan
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The museum, opened in 1998, displays art and historical documents relating to Mason. |
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Michigan Maritime Museum South Haven, Michigan
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The museum’s ship, The Friends Good Will, is a replica of an 1810 square topsail... |
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Model T Automotive Heritage Complex Detroit, Michigan
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The Ford Piquette Avenue plant is well preserved and largely unchanged from its original... |
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Monroe County Historical Museum Monroe, Michigan
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Located in the heart of downtown Monroe, this imposing Georgian style public building was... |
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Monroe Labor History Museum Monroe, Michigan
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The museum chronicles the development of the Michigan labor movement beginning in the... |
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Motown Historical Museum Detroit, Michigan
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The museum exhibits trace the roots of Motown’s remarkable story and chronicle its... |
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Museum Of Ojibwa Culture St. Ignace, Michigan
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Museum exhibits show Ojibwa Indian culture and traditions, the French contact period, and... |
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Muskegon County Museum Muskegon, Michigan
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The museum also maintains items related to the Hackley & Hume Historic Site. It... |
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North Berrien Historical Society & Museum Coloma, Michigan
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The museum features the history of the resorts of the Paw Paw Lakes, fruit farming,... |
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Oakland County Pioneer And Historical Society & Pine Grove Historical Museum Pontiac, Michigan
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Pine Grove consists of 4 1/2 acres of land, the Wisner mansion and several out-buildings... |
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Old Mill Museum Association Dundee, Michigan
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The Old Mill, located along the banks of the River Raisin in Dundee, is an historic... |
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Paine Gillam Scott Museum St. Johns, Michigan
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In 1858 John W. Paine, a native of New York State, came to St. Johns from Rochester... |
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Plymouth Historical Museum Plymouth, Michigan
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The Plymouth Historical Museum features a late 19th-century Victorian recreation of Main... |
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Port Huron Museum Port Huron, Michigan
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The Port Huron Museum is home to over 15,000 objects and archival items relating to the... |
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Presque Isle Lighthouse Presque Isle, Michigan
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Presque Isle was named by the French during the fur trade era and means almost an island... |
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Public Museum Grand Rapids, Michigan
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The Public Museum accomplishes its goals by collecting and preserving authentic objects... |
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Rochester Hills Museum At Van Hoosen Farm Rochester Hills, Michigan
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The museum is the primary site for learning about and preserving the history of the... |
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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society & Museum Saugatuck, Michigan
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The Museum Committee managed the Saugatuck-Douglas Museum. The committee mounts yearly... |
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South Lyon Historical Commission & Witch’s Hat Depot Museum South Lyon, Michigan
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The historical commission also assists and cooperates with other Michigan historical... |
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The Henry Ford Dearborn, Michigan
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The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan is a national historic landmark site and a multi-day... |
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Thomas Edison Depot Port Huron, Michigan
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Opened on February 11, 2001, the Thomas Edison Depot Museum was the second satellite... |
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Troy Museum & Historic Village Troy, Michigan
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The museum offers ten historic buildings and a charming village green. Visitors can tour... |
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Walter P. Chrysler Museum Auburn Hills, Michigan
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The Walter P. Chrysler Museum opened to the public October 5, 1999. Ground was broken... |
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Whaley House Museum Flint, Michigan
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As the last Victorian era home on East Kearsley Street, Whaley House Museum is one of... |
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White Pine Village Ludington, Michigan
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Historic White Pine Village opened in 1976 and is an historic village of over twenty-five... |
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Wyandotte Historical Museum Wyandotte, Michigan
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The Wyandotte Museum maintains an archives and research room pertaining to the history... |
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Zeeland Historical Society And Museum Zeeland, Michigan
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The Zeeland Historical Society founded the museum in 1976 in an adjoining house and store... |
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Ziibiwing Center Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
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The Ziibiwing Center is a distinctive treasure created to provide an enriched,... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
