Are you watching someone decades younger than you during mid-winter break? Spend part of the break at the Museum! We will have extra activities throughout the museum including conversation stations to compare childhood then and now, technology & toys of years past, and more. Grandparents, Great-Aunts and Uncles, older neighbors and friends are all welcome. […]
Drop in for a winter themed craft! Take a white crayon to create an ice path, then paint on a layer of watercolor paints to reveal the tracks, lastly glue a few skaters onto your pond. Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for out-of-county.
Insects, mammals, and reptiles all take on different forms as they transition in their life cycles. Come in and see if you can identify whose who. Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for out-of-county.
Come build a toy with us by cutting out a cardboard circle and attaching the colored circle, and insert the penny in the center for a fun spinner toy. Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for out-of-county.
How does a magnet work? Why does it push and pull? Stop by the museum for answers and try some hands-on learning with magnets. Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for out-of-county.
The Hackley and Hume homes have beautiful stained glass windows. Join us to create your own “stained glass” like windows using tissue paper. Make your own shapes and designs into colorful artwork. Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for out-of-county.
During the war, a variety of codes and ciphers were created for secretly passing information around, like pigpen ciphers. It takes the alphabet and places them in a two grid system. This grid system can be used to decode messages. Can you make your own ciphers? Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for […]
They say April showers bring May flowers, so let's get prepared by creating umbrella artwork. Use watercolor paint to make a colorful umbrella and a rainy background. Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for out-of-county.
Join us during spring break to have fun in the museum! This open house will be themed around our newest exhibit Home Front Hero’s which looks as life in Muskegon during World War II. Run around trying to turn off all the lights the fastest for our blackout drill, make a paper victory garden, and […]
In honor of Earth Day, we will be making Victory Garden starters. You’ll be able to plant a variety of vegetables that you can take home and watch them grow. Free for members and Muskegon county residents, $5 for out-of-county.
