Help supplement the cost of busing for Muskegon County schools to attend programs at any of the museum’s sites.

Help us build an inclusive internship program by offering $1,500 to interns.

Contribute to the safety of our guests, volunteers and staff. Fund an Automatic External Defibrillator at the following locations: Fire Barn Museum & Scolnik House Site, Archives, and Collections Center.

Sponsor supplies for our STEM Center school programs for all of 2025, making the programs free for Muskegon County Schools.

$50 covers an entire month of  craft supplies for the weekly hands-on programs held at the museum.

Renewal of Adobe Premier Pro video editing software will allow us to continue developing content for educational videos.

Each $40 donation provides owl pellets for one 3^rd-5^th grade class to dissect during the museum’s Nature’s Food Webs Program.

For staff to use at outreach event displays.

$100 Helps with supplies for repairs, upgrades, and new exhibits at all of our museum sites.

Used to store supplies and materials for Exhibits.

The video monitor would improve accessibility to the microscope exhibit by allowing visitors who might have difficulty seeing into the lens, to view the slides under magnification on a large screen instead. The video monitor would also offer a view to companions, chaperones, and those waiting their turn at the station.

Please help provide durable seating options for families visiting the Discovery Center in the Muskegon Museum of History & Science. This bench matches the other benches in the Museum of History and Science but features a backrest.

Help replace our current, broken window shades on the 3 windows in the History & Science Museum Store.

Chairs for admissions desk staff at City Barn (1) and Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business and Industry (2). $225 each

Carpet Protector for Muskegon Museum of History & Science Admissions Desk.

Microduino for Special programs in the STEM Center.

LEGO REPLACEMENT SETS, such as car wheels, for the STEM Center.

A gift as small as $25 can make a difference in maintaining and preserving our Muskegon Historic Sites. To learn more about current projects and costs contact Erin Schmitz, Historic Sites Director at: [email protected].

Restoration Projects for This Site Include:

– Replacement of Cedar Shake Roofs for all three buildings
– 10 porch repairs on the Hackley and Hume Houses
– Annual inspections on eight chimneys on all three buildings

A gift as small as $25 can make a difference in maintaining and preserving our Muskegon Historic Sites. To learn more about current projects and costs contact Erin Schmitz, Historic Sites Director at: [email protected].

Restoration Projects for This Site Include:

– Roof Replacement
– Barn Door Restoration
– New Windows

A gift as small as $25 can make a difference in maintaining and preserving our Muskegon Historic Sites. To learn more about current projects and costs contact Erin Schmitz, Historic Sites Director at: [email protected].

Restoration Projects for This Site Include:

– General Maintenance, siding/paint
– Curtains for the interior
– Window Restoration

Originally displayed in the Hackley House Library, money donated to this project will help conserve these recently donated original Hackley family artifacts and continue preservation work throughout the Museum.

This beautiful Steinway piano was purchased by Charles Hackley in 1889 and adorned the First Parlor of their home for many years. Money donated for this project will allow for the piano to be professionally restrung and restored along with continuing preservation work throughout the Museum. Any amount donated will help us meet our goal.

Help us update our Fire Barn stickers! These stickers are a huge hit with our younger visitors and are a great promotional tool for the Fire Barn Museum.

To be used for maintenance and repairs.

Help us make the entry door at Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business and Industry more accessible.

For construction projects.

For landscape maintenance at all our sites.

For landscape maintenance at all our sites.

For landscape maintenance at all our sites.

It’s not glamorous, but we need a lot of it to store objects.

For long-term storage of the over 50,000 objects in the collection.

Help us be prepared for an emergency in our collections storage areas.

Used to monitor environmental conditions to ensure long-term preservation of objects. it measures UV and visible light, temperature, and relative humidity.

This equipment will help collections and maintenance staff to safely transport artifacts to and from the collections storage to be used in exhibits.

This vacuum will help staff to access hard to reach areas in storage and exhibits for annual cleaning.

Before an archival box goes into storage it needs a label. $15 will help us properly identify 12 boxes in museum storage.

Help make events special while saving the museum recurring rental costs for cocktail tables and linens.

Folding table carts will help make our event set up and take down tasks easier for staff.

For use at outdoor events and outreaches to keep kids in and/or bugs out!

To be used for events, programs, and education! Help the kids make delicious homemade ice cream while learning the science behind it.

Kitchen prep space for caterers, events, and room rentals.

Food Service items (knives, cutting boards, etc), serving items, display items, trashcans, acrylic sign holders, magnetic reusable nametags, etc.

Food Service items (knives, cutting boards, etc), serving items, display items, trashcans, acrylic sign holders, magnetic reusable nametags, etc.