Group tours Muskegon Heritage Museum

MHM offers exciting opportunities for groups to learn about the history of Muskegon's industries and historic homes.

We welcome school and group tours and can accommodate both during the regular museum open hours as well as anytime during the year.

Although the museum is self guided, tours with a musuem docent should be scheduled in advance. Group tours, for both adults and children will include demonstrations as well as special details about the museum exhibits. Student tours include demonstrations and hands on activities planned in collaboration with the classroom teacher.

To schedule a group or student tour please contact the Museum Educational Coorodinator

Student Tour Details:

* Print a bookmark on a 100-year-old printing press
* Use woodworking tools like the pioneers
* See an 18-Ton working Steam Engine
* Watch 100-year-old working machinery
* Design a lumbering industry log mark
* Do “Then and Now Museum Mysteries”

The Muskegon Heritage Museum, on Western Ave. in downtown Muskegon, offers special field trip opportunities for school groups free of charge for all schools in Muskegon County. One of the museum's goals is to help school children understand the history of Muskegon's industries, businesses & homes.

The museum can accommodate school tours anytime during the year. We work to make your visit fit your curriculum, state standards and classroom needs by offering many hands-on opportunities for students. The typical time for a visit is 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours depending on the plan created for you and your students. Let us know what we can do for your class by contacting the Education Coordinator (amd@muskegonheritage.org).

Students, working in small groups, will observe a printing press from 1907 and print a bookmark. They will see a demonstration of office equipment from early 20th century. They will watch industrial machinery working from a line shaft that is powered by the Corliss Valve Steam Engine. Students will have a chance to operate hand-powered woodworking tools and hear a Chase Hackley Player Piano from the 1920's. Students will see many logging tools, learn about Muskegon's lumber mills and make their own log mark on a “log cookie”. Students can participate in a “Then and Now Museum Mysteries” activity to explore other artifacts in the museum.

School group charge: Schools in Muskegon County - Free. Schools outside Muskegon County - $1.00 each for students, teachers or parents.

To print out the school group tour details in PDF clck here.

Group Tour Details:

We welcome group tours during our normal hours of operation or by special arrangement anytime.

Group Charge per person (groups over 10) - $3.00 adults, $1.00 students

Average visit time - 1 hour, more time is reccomended.

Guided tour - The museum is self guided, but we can arrange for a docent tour with prior notice. Typically we like to have larger groups divided into groups of about 8 each for the guided tour.

Reservations - Not required during regular open hours, but are suggested and necessary if a docent tour is desired. For all other times reservations must be made in advance.

Motor Coach Parking - on Street

Gift Shop - No, although we do have prints of several historic homes and buildings and a few books for sale.

Complimentary Policy - Drivers of tour busses and tour director admitted free

Barrier Free - Yes, with one doorway 31" wide.

Restaurants - Several nearby.

Museum phone number is 231-722-1363 (only monitored during regular open hours)