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Cultural Destinations
Michigan Historical Museum entrance

• Historic Sites and Museums
If you love exploring the places where history happened, stop in at one—or all—of Michigan's historic sites and museums. Stand in awe of a once-bustling mining town and take in the serenity of the harbor at Fayette Historic Townsite. Imagine how weary travelers once swapped tales of woe and sample the local brew at historic Walker Tavern. With nearly a dozen historic sites and museums, there's always something new to discover.

The Michigan Historical Museum in downtown Lansing features five levels of exhibits from prehistoric times through 1975. Keep an eye on the museum's event calendar and catch special weekend programs that may include live musicians or re-enactors telling stories about real life in early Michigan.

• Theater productions take center stage at Michigan's vintage playhouses


Visual Arts

• Exhibits Around the State-Michigan Humanities Council
Temporary and permanent exhibits created with funding from the Michigan Humanities Council.

• Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park

• Detroit Institute of Arts

• Museums

Music and Theatre

• Holiday music events
Michigan has holiday music events that will add richness to your holiday.

• Making Music In Michigan

• Performing Arts

History and Heritage
Sawmill at Historic Mill CreekHistoric Mill Creek Discovery Park
It's the harmonic sound of nature, the sawdust smell of history, and the feel of wind zipping over your face. There are moments in life that make you feel alive, and then there are moments that also ...

• Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island

• Mackinac State Historic Parks

• Michigan Historical Museum - School Visits and Group Tours

• Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Grayling

• Michigan's Historic Sites Online

• Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing

• Native American Culture

• Hartwick Pines Logging Museum, Grayling

• Genealogy: Find Your Family's Roots at the Library of Michigan and Archives of Michigan

• Michigan Iron Industry Museum, Negaunee

• Explore Michigan Museums

• Michigan's State Capitols, Historic Photos

• Michigan Lighthouse Map PDF icon

• Maritime Tours

• Mann House, Concord

• Walker Tavern, Cambridge Junction

• Tawas Point Lighthouse, East Tawas

• Fayette Historic Townsite, Garden

• Fort Wilkins and Copper Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor

• Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum, Mackinac Island

• Sanilac Petroglyphs

• Historic Downtown on Mackinac Island

• Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, Mackinaw City

• Colonial Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City

• Father Marquette National Memorial, St. Ignace


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