Come test out your percussion skills on our life-size Xylophone! Make your own music, or play one of our provided songs and see what kind of music you can make. Create your own xylophone out of cardboard and rubber bands to make music at home!
Come visit our Habitats gallery to learn about the animals that live in Muskegon. There will be extra furs and animal skulls on display to see and touch! This event is sponsored by the MCACA and the NEA.
Explore objects in a fur traders' cabin, and check out some of the tools that were used. Find out what a powder horn was used for, how fire was started, and why beavers were so important to the early settlers.
Join us for our last virtual Storytime of our summer Play and Learn on July 8. We will be introducing our new theme, water! The video will be posted at 10:00 am on the event page on the Museum’s page. Be sure to sign up for our August dates as both will be in person! […]
Join us for this unique presentation by Scott Yonkerslicensed turtle rehabilitator to learn about how he takes care of Michigan turtles to release them back into the wild after they are injured or sick. This presentation will also include information about Michigan turtle species and live examples! This presentation is free to County Residents $5 […]
Explore some different types of fossils, take a look at Michigan's own state rock - the Petoskey Stone - and examine a Trilobite from around 400 million years ago.
Can you find all the wildlife in the Museum? Give the scavenger hunt a try and see if you can locate even the smallest of animals!
You are invited to join a special Play and Learn program at the Lakeshore Museum Center on the fourth Thursday of each month. “Little Learners” is a free literacy-based program for Muskegon County infants and toddlers ages 0-4. During this program, participants will be invited to join us for storytime inside. Then, we will all […]
Learn about the different rocks and minerals that can be found in and around the Great Lakes. Take a look at the sedimentary rocks of the Great Lakes Basin and the Keweenaw Fault's igneous and metamorphic rocks found in Lake Superior.
Come test out your percussion skills on our life-size xylophone. Make your own music or play one of our provided songs, and see what you can make! Then, create your own xylophone out of cardboard and rubber bands to make your own music at home!
