Historic Sites Open for the Season!
The Hackley & Hume Historic Site, Fire Barn Museum, and Scolnik House of the Depression Era welcome guests for specialty tours, engaging programming, and special events throughout the season, May-October.
The Hackley & Hume Historic Site, Fire Barn Museum, and Scolnik House of the Depression Era welcome guests for specialty tours, engaging programming, and special events throughout the season, May-October.
Join us on opening day for our 2022 season with our first free Community Day of the year. StarWars Day seems like the perfect time to look back at the history of movie houses and cinemas along the lakeshore. Share your memories of the silver screen, the theaters, and the staff that brought magic to […]
Experience the Hackley and Hume Historic Site AFTER DARK! See all five floors of the houses on this classic tour offered on the first Friday of every month May – October from 9-10 pm. Join us to learn more about the lumbering business, the Hackley and Hume families, and the Victorian Era in Muskegon. Gather […]
Join the staff at the museum to make fossil casts and molds with your very own fossil. Then, check out the STEAM events in Hackley Park. See more details about the STEAM Along the Lakeshore Event below: Take an adventure around downtown Muskegon on Saturday, May 7, from 10am -4pm to participate in STEAM […]
Muskegon County Moms receive free access to the Historic Sites for the afternoon. Their visit includes a tour at the Hackley and Hume Historic Site, Fire Barn Museum, and the Scolnik House of the Depression Era. Mothers will also receive a complimentary gift. Tours start in the City Barn (carriage house) at the Hackley and […]
You are invited to join a special Play and Learn program at the Lakeshore Museum Center on the second and 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 and free play […]
Museums are made up of old things, but sometimes old things are not safe! The newest exhibit at the Lakeshore Museum Center explores some of the sharpest, deadliest, most poisonous, and scariest artifacts that have been collected over the museum's 85 years! Come explore the strange things that reside in our collection, such as a […]
Join us on Friday the 13th as we open our newest exhibit Dangerous Things! Over the museum’s 85-year history, we have collected many unique and interesting objects. Dangerous Things looks at the sharpest, deadliest, and scariest artifacts that reside under our roofs. Join us…. if you dare! Dangerously themed snacks will be provided including jawbreakers, […]
Let's get a little messy with some paint on our hands, make a handprint body, add on spots and eyes to shape it into a custom ladybug.
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