Museums in the Mackinaw City Area

Mackinac Bridge Museum, Mackinaw City
View many unique, original artifacts from the construction of the Mighty Mac.

Stuart House Museum, Mackinac Island

Surrey Hills Museum, Mackinac Island

Fort de Buade Museum, St. Ignace
Over 6,700 square feet of spectacular artifacts covering pre-contact French, English, and American periods. Historical military and Indian weapons collection. Historical movie "Black Robe" shown daily. Open daily, 9am-9pm.

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point
Phone: 800-635-1742
Website: www.ShipwreckMuseum.com
See maritime legends come to life. Artifacts and exhibits tell stories of sailors and ships who braved the waters of Superior and those who lost to its menacing waves. Of the 6000 ships wrecks on the Great Lakes, the Edmund Fitzgerald remains the most famous and mysterious. In 1995, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society along with the families of the Fitzgerald’s crew, the Canadian Navy and the National Geographic Society raised the bell to honor the 29 men lost on November 10, 1975. The Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit now displays the ship’s bell as a tribute to the crew and a reminder of the 30,000 men, women, and children lost in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes since 1679. Whitefish Point is the oldest active light on Lake Superior. The Keepers Quarters Dwelling attached to the light has been fully restored and is open for tours. Constructed in 1861 at the order of President Lincoln, exhibits reflect the life of the light keeper and his family at the turn of the century.

Museum of Ojibwa Culture, St. Ignace
500-566 N. State, St. Ignace, MI 49781
Phone: 906- 643-9161
Website: www.stignace.com/attractions/ojibwa
City operated, the museum and park portray life over 300 years ago when Ojibwa, Huron and Odawa Indians and French lifestyles met here. National Historic Landmark.

S.S. Valley Camp Museum Ship, Sault Ste Marie
This 1917 steam powered freighter contains the largest Great Lake Maritime Museum. Learn about a variety of maritime subject from shipbuilding to shipwrecks. Explore the Tower of History and Edmund Fitzgerald Exhibit.

Tahquamenon Logging Museum, Newberry

Totem Village, St. Ignace
Gifts, moccasins, Indian crafts, Museum of Indian Lore. Zoological Park, bobcats, sika deer, foxes.

Cross in the Woods, Indian River
Phone: 231.238.8973
One of Michigan’s most inspirational and epic pieces of artwork. People of all faiths are welcome to enjoy the peace and tranquility that is conveyed at this astonishing place of worship.The crosss is 55 feet high and 22 feet wide.