Muskegon Heritage Museum’s Community Days are FREE for all participants! See unique machinery in operation, discover Muskegon products and explore our region’s unique industrial heritage. Each Community Day features a different theme.
View our Event Calendar for a list of all programs and events happening at the Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business & Industry and other Lakeshore Museum Center Locations.
FREE COMMUNITY DAYS
Once Monthly May – October
Visit the Muskegon Heritage Museum during one of their FREE Community Days! See unique machinery in operation, discover Muskegon products & explore Muskegon’s unique heritage. Each community day will focus on a different topic. Check back for topic updates!
Free Community Day
Saturday May 4, 2024
Innovation in Muskegon
Join us at the Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business and Industry as we look at the history of innovation in Muskegon. From patents to economies of scale, and innovative business practices look at examples of what has made Muskegon an industrial powerhouse that has remade itself again and again over the years.
Event Sponsored by Hines Corp
Free Community Day
Saturday June 1, 2024
Foundries in Muskegon
Join us at the Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business and Industry as we look at the history of foundries. Over the years Muskegon has been the home of dozens and dozens of foundries. This is due to our deep water port and access to natural resources needed in the casting process. Come learn about how foundries work and the history of those that have called Muskegon home. There will be a chance to try your hand at sand casting while supplies last.
Event Sponsored by Hines Corp
Free Community Day
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Big Business on the Water
Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan have effected life in Muskegon for centuries. Join us at the Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business and Industry as we look at big business on the water. From passenger transportation to fishing for profit and for fun come learn about the businesses that have sprung up in Muskegon because of our lakes, rivers, and wetlands.
Free Community Day
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Bonus Fund
The Industrial Bonus Fund created incentives to attract businesses to Muskegon. Come and learn more about this plan from the turn of the century that was meant to help Muskegon transition from a lumber queen to a captain of industry.
Event Sponsored by Hines Corp & RENK
Free Community Day
Saturday September 7, 2024
Chamber of Commerces
From 1879 to present the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce has been a voice for business in our community. Come to the Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business and Industry to learn about the role of this organization in shaping and growing our community over the years.
Event Sponsored by Muskegon Chamber of Commerce and RENK.
Free Community Day
Saturday October 5, 2024
Agriculture Then & Now
Asparagus, Blueberries, Celery, oh my! Come learn all about the variety of crops produced in Muskegon County and the people who grew them in the past and still grow them today. Our county also processes crops too… and don’t forget the plant tags! Join us for this adventure through agriculture past and present.
Event Sponsored by RENK.