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Military Museums and Forts in Michigan

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Military Museums in Michigan

 

Kalamazoo Air Zoo

3101 East Milham Road

Kalamazoo MI 49002

(616) 382-6555

 

Michigan Historical Museum
702 West Kalamazoo Street
P.O. Box 30740
Lansing, MI 48909-8240
(517) 373-3559

 

USS LST-393 Veterans Museum
Historic D-Day landing craft
560 Mart Street
Muskegon, MI 49440
231-730-1477
Tour hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. seven days a week from May 1 to Oct. 1 

Michigan's Own, Inc., Military & Space Museum

1250 Weiss Street

Frankenmuth MI 48734

(517) 652-8005

 

National Museum of Tuskegee Airmen

Historic Fort Wayne

6325 West Jefferson

Detroit MI 48209

(313) 297-9360

 

Selfridge Military Air Museum
Selfridge Air National Guard Base
44649 Doolittle, Bldg 1050
Selfridge ANGB MI 48045
(586) 307-5035

 

 Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum
Fulton & Bluff Streets
Muskegon MI
(231) 755-1230
 

Yankee Air Museum
Willow Runn Airport
2041 A Street
Belleville MI 48198
(734) 483-4030
 
 
The Fighting Falcon Military Museum
516 West Cass Street
Greenville, MI 48838
Open Sundays from 2pm-4pm
 

 

 

Michigan's Military Forts

 

Fort Brady

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

The original Fort Brady, established by Colonel Hugh Brady in 1822, established United States authority over the northern great lakes region. The fort was moved in 1893. The third Fort Brady is now Lake Superior State University.

 

Fort Custer

Battle Creek, Michigan

Named in honor of Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer, Camp Custer was established just prior to World War I. It served as an induction and training facility during the course of the war. When the War Department named Custer as a permanent installation, the facility became Fort  Custer. The installation grew quite considerably prior to and during U.S. involvement in World War II. The installation is an active military facility and has no public facilities.

 

Fort Mackinac

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Built during the American Revolutionary War by Britain, the restored fort is part of the Mackinac State Historic Parks and is open to the public.

 

Fort Michilimackinac

Straits Avenue

Mackinaw City, Michigan

Fort Michilimackinac was built by the French in 1715. After the French and Indian War, the British assumed control of the fort and it remained in service until 1781 when the British consolidated forces at Fort Mackinac. The reconstructed fort is part of colonial Michilimackinac in the Mackinac State Historic Parks.

 

Historic Fort Wayne
West Jefferson

Detroit, Michigan

Authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1841, Fort Wayne was built to defend against potential British incursion from Canada. The fort, which remained in active service until 1967, is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who accepted the surrender of Detroit from the British in 1796.

 

Fort Wilkins

Copper Harbor, Michigan

Begun in 1844, Fort Wilkins was designed to keep the peace. Although regarrisoned briefly in the 1860s, the Army abandoned Fort Wilkins only a few years after it was started.

 

 


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