Fire Barn Museum and Scolnik House of the Depression Era Tour 

The Fire Barn is a replica building based on fire barns of the 19th century and tells the history of firefighting in Muskegon while showcasing antique firefighting equipment. The Scolnik House is a gentle-touch house museum, allowing visitors to experience what life was like for many families during the Great Depression. 

• Tour time: 1 hour
• Accessibility:  4 flights of stairs
• Cost 
  • During business hours
    • $5 per person ($50 admission minimum)
  • Outside business hours
    • $5 per person ($50 admission minimum + $50)

• Capacity: 50 people per session

Grounds Tours

This guided grounds tour offers a unique look at the Historic Sites. Learn more about Queen Anne style architecture, the site’s construction, the functions of the City Barn, and how the exterior of each building has changed through the years. Also, hear stories about the families, their pets, and the unique structures that once existed on the property.  

• Tour time: 45 minutes
• Handicap accessible and outside
• Cost
  • During business hours
    • $7 per person ($35 admission minimum)
  • Outside business hours
    • $7 per person ($35 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity: 30 people per session

After Dark Tour 

Join us on this unique version of our classic tour and learn more about the lumbering business, the Hackley and Hume families, and the Victorian Era in Muskegon. Gather your friends or family and make your visit AFTER DARK!

• Tour time: 1 hour
• Accessibility: 6 flights of stairs
• Cost
  • $15 per person ($150 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity: 40 people per session

All Access Tour

This extended tour reveals attics, basements, porches, and all the spaces that the classic tour does not include! Enjoy this exclusive experience while hearing about new research discoveries, restoration projects, and fun family Hackley and Hume stories.

• Tour time: 90 minutes
• Accessibility: 10 flights of stairs
• Cost
  • During business hours
    • $20 per person ($200 admission minimum)
  • Outside business hours
    • $20 per person ($200 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity: 30 people per session

Hackley Attic Escape Room 

Experience the Hackley House as you never have before! For many years, the Hackley Attic has been a mysterious place for visitors. Now it is up to you and your closest friends to escape a Victorian storage room filled with puzzles, locks, and riddles. Brush up on your Muskegon history and escape the attic in time!  

• Program time: 90 minutes
• Accessibility: 4 flights of stairs 
• Cost

• During business hours
  • $25 per person ($250 admission minimum)
• Outside business hours
  • $25 per person ($250 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity: 10 people per session

Flashlight Tour

Perfect for a unique group outing, this interactive tour allows visitors to explore the Hackley and Hume Houses in a completely new light. On this guided tour, your group will make its way through the site as you illuminate the objects you want to know more about. Your guide will also share fun, quirky, and creepy facts along the way!  

• Tour time: 1 hour
• Accessibility: 6 flights of stairs
• Cost
  • $15 per person ($150 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity 30 people per session

Beyond the Swinging Door: Servant’s Tour

Experience the life of the maids, cooks, and coachmen at the Hackley & Hume Historic Site on this specialty tour. Explore the site through the eyes of the paid servants that worked and lived with the Hackleys & Humes. This tour concentrates on entering/exiting the backdoors, basements, kitchens, and bedrooms where the daily work took place. Along with information about the family dynamics and social expectations of the late 1800s. 

• Tour time: 1 hour
• Accessibility: 4 flights of stairs
• Cost
  • During business hours
    • $15 per person ($150 admission minimum)
  • Outside business hours
    • $15 per person ($150 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity 30 people per session

Obituary Tour 

On this exclusive tour, travel back in time to explore the deaths, funerals, and autopsies that occurred in the Hackley and Hume Houses. Become immersed in the practices and traditions of death and dying in the Victorian Era. 

• Only offered October 20 to 31 
• Tour time: 90 minutes
• Accessibility: 4 flights of stairs
• Cost
  • During business hours 
    • $25 per person ($250 admission minimum)
  • Outside business hours
    • $25 per person ($250 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity: 30 people per session

Holiday Tours

Experience the Hackley and Hume Houses this holiday season! A tradition since 1972, our Holiday Tours show off these amazing homes adorned with seasonal decorations provided by a multitude of community partners. Learn about the Hackley and Hume families and the origins of many holiday traditions while voting for the best-decorated room along the way. 

• Only offered on select dates between November 25 and December 29 
• Tour time: 1 hour
• Accessibility: 4 flights of stairs
• Cost
  • During business hours
    • $12 per person ($120 admission minimum)
  • Outside business hours
    • $12 per person ($120 admission minimum + $50)
• Capacity: 50 people per session

Lectures + Tours

• Program time: 1 hour
• Accessibility: 4 to 6 staircases, elevator available in the City Barn
• Cost: 
  • During business hours
    • $10 per person ($100 minimum)
  • Outside business hours
    • $10 per person ($100 minimum + $50)
• Capacity: 40 people per session

Available Lectures + Tours

• Victorian America: Rags and Riches – Includes tour of Hackley House
• Muskegon in the 1920s – Includes tour of Hume House
• Life in the 1920s – Includes tour of Hume House
• The Last Lumber Baron: Thomas Hume’s Legacy in Muskegon – Includes tour of Hume House
• Victorian Christmas Traditions – Includes tour of Hackley House
  • Only offered on select dates between November 25 and December 29 
• Life in the Great Depression – Includes tour of Scolnik House of the Depression Era