Ongoing Exhibits
Come and learn more about why people have been Coming to the Lakes for
over 10,000 years. This in depth permanent exhibit tells the story of
many different "people" who came here and made Muskegon County their home.
This exhibit houses many artifacts from Muskegon's
history, including paintings by VICTOR CASENELLI that
once hung in the National Lumberman's Bank in Muskegon.
Voices of Muskegon
The new Voices of Muskegon Gallery is home to videos
and historical dioramas about Muskegon County and
Michigan history.
Watch videos about Lumbering in 1860, Coming
to the Lakes, the restoration of the Hackley House,
Muskegon in the 20th Century, theater in
Muskegon, or a nutrition puppet show.
The Work Progress Administration (WPA)
created the dioramas for the museum in 1937.
Audio clips accompany the dioramas.
Food Webs Gallery
Visitors to the Food Webs Gallery may feel as if they've walked back outside
as they explore a dune, grassland, wetland, forest and urban habitats. A
mural covers the walls depicting trees and plant life that naturally grows
in each habitat. Guests will also see some of the birds and animals
that live there including a Bald Eagle, Red-Tailed Hawk, opossum, turkey and bobcat.
Body Works: It's All Up to You!
If
you’ve visited Body Works in the past, it is time
to visit again.
The gallery has undergone a complete
transformation, and has re-opened to the public.
The new exhibit focuses on how to keep your
body healthy, rather than how the human body works.
“How
much should I eat every day?”
“What foods are good for me, and which ones
aren’t?”
“Am I exercising enough?”
“How can I protect my body from injury?”
“What happens if I don’t make healthy
choices?”
All of these questions and more will be
answered when you visit the new exhibit.
There
are lots of items to touch, hear, and see.
You can put together a meal and see if it is
healthy, or put on a fat vest and find out how it
feels to carry some extra weight.
Test your flexibility, or your endurance on a
bicycle.
Discover how different eye conditions
interrupt your vision, or dress Felt Lad for a
variety of activities.
Hear what it is like to have Type II
diabetes, or see what happens to a person’s lung
when they smoke.
Re-discover Body Works and find out how healthy
choices really are All Up To You!
Temporary
Gallery
Archive Case
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Black, white, brown, or spotted
dogs always come when they are called and are
there when needed. They help hunt down
everything from a bird to a ball and never ask
questions when it disappears again.
Throughout history man has needed a constant
companion, someone to warm his heart on a cold
day and lick his face when he is down. As
this collection of photographs shows, Muskegon
has seen no shortage of these loving creatures.
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Collector's Corner
Collections Case
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utensils that were common for the Hackley and
Hume families may not be familiar to modern
families. At the time, diners ate certain
foods with specialized cutlery and dishware.
For example, cooks served expensive hothouse
tomatoes with a special flat spoon, pierced in
an ornate pattern to allow juices to drain.
Flatware sets from 1900 included serving
spoons specifically for tomatoes, cucumbers,
beets and asparagus. By the 1930s, most sets
included one large round pierced spoon
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City Barn Gallery
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Making a House a Home |
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The Historic Sites of the
Muskegon County Museum are a glimpse into a
living past.
The 1890 Hackley House and 1915 Hume
House illustrate the homes of the late
Victorian Era while the Scolnik House is a
peek at a typical family of the Great
Depression.
This exhibit examines some examples of
products and technology that made these houses
homes.
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