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The Michigan Historical Museum now offers some of its most popular educational group programs to home school students.

Programs are offered for levels as noted below on a variety of topics. Enjoy them in the company of other home school families.

All programs run from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Time Lab (first floor, east wing). Fee is $5 per student per class—this includes museum admission; parents and siblings enter the program for free. Pre-registration is required but same-day registrations are possible if space is available.

• Register online!

• September 22

K-3 Corn, Fish, Copper, Seashells: Michigan Indians & Trade
4 & up A Michigan Family's Economy, 1211 A.D.

• October 27

K-3 Can You Dig It? Mining in Michigan
4 & up Danger in the Mines!

• January 26

K-3 What is a State?
4 & up 1835 or 1837? Michigan Becomes a State

• February 23

K-3 Makin' Mustard: Spices and Food in Early Michigan
4 & up Michigan and the War of 1812

• March 22

K-3 Machines at Home: 20th-Century Housekeeping
4 & up Rights, Rivets and Roasters: Women in the 20th Century

• April 26

K-3 Children in the 1930s
4 & up Getting By and Getting On During the Great Depression

The Michigan Historical Museum—flagship of the Michigan Historical Museum System—is located inside the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing. The museum and visitor parking are on the north side of Kalamazoo Street, two blocks east of M. L. King Jr. Boulevard. Sunday admission and weekend parking are free. Here's more information about how to find us.

Contact the Michigan Historical Museum.

Updated 01/11/2012