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Museums Make You Daring.

Take and Make Spring Flowers

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

Celebrate spring with this craft you can pick up at the museum and take home to make! This craft is all about springtime and flowers blooming all around us.   This is an open-house style event.

Bridge Building Challenge

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

Stop by the STEM Center to test your engineering skills with a bridge building challenge. How long of a bridge can you build? How much weight can your bridge hold? Create your own bridge to find out! This is an open-house style event.

Muskegon Lake Bike Tour

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

Join us for an hour and forty-five minute easy/moderate bike ride around the southern end of Muskegon Lake as we talk about the history of some of the most important sites on the lakeshore. This tour will start at the museum and head to the Lakeside area before returning. The tour will cover around 6 […]

Magnet Science

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

How do magnets work? Where do magnets come from? Find out the answers to these and more questions with a science program all about magnets. This is an open-house style event.

Turtle Travels Exhibit Opening & Friday Family Fun Night

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

Help us celebrate! Our new interactive exhibit for kids, Turtle Travels, is opening for the summer! Families will enjoy several hands-on stations throughout the exhibit while learning how to help protect turtles. Exhibit features include a life-sized board game, a Swiss Army turtle, and two fun photo-ops! We will also have turtle-themed activities set-up outside […]

Take and Make Turtle Craft

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

Visit the museum for the first Saturday of our newest exhibit: Turtle Travels! Learn all about turtles and grab a turtle craft to take home with you. This is an open-house style event.

Event Series Little Learners: STEAM Play & Learn

Little Learners: STEAM Play & Learn

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

You are invited to join a special Play and Learn program at the Lakeshore Museum Center on the fourth Thursday of each month (note Nov & Dec are on the third Thursday due to holidays). “Little Learners” is a free literacy-based program for Muskegon County infants and toddlers ages 0-4. During this program, participants will […]

ASD Sensory After Hours

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

Families whose children have ASD, or sensory disorders, are invited to attend a special ASD sensory after-hours event! This is a FREE event where a variety of accommodations have been put into place to create an inclusive, welcoming, and safe place for the children and families. Families can visit the museum’s exhibits, work on a […]

Scavenger Hunt

Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, United States

Enjoy the beginning of summer with a scavenger hunt that will take you inside and outside the museum to find all things Charles Hackley in downtown Muskegon. This is an open-house style event.