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Mark your Calendars!<\/h4>\n

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Especially for children and families!<\/h4>\n

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\"\"\"\"Bring your family for a night of entertainment and education. Experience thrills and chills while you sit back and enjoy the retelling of real-life ghost stories told by an esteemed storyteller. Sit around the campfire roasting smores while enjoying the scandalous history of Pentwater![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1652887462441{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.51) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”]\"\"<\/p>\n

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Our docent-led tours emphasize an interactive and inquiry-based approach to looking at and discussing the history of Pentwater, Michigan. Docents will engage your students by visiting several exhibits and discussing a\u00a0selection of artifacts during the hour-long tour, so that students may have time to make quality observations, draw meaningful connections, communicate more deeply about local history and practice their critical thinking skills.\u00a0If there are specific topics you would like your students to learn, we can design a program especially for you.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1775007425023{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”]\"\"<\/p>\n

Discover Pentwater and its connections to the signers of the Declaration of Independence.\u00a0 Get your Scavenger Hunt at the museum or the library. Complete the hunt and fill in the questions to\u00a0win a prize![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1652887482237{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”]\"\"<\/p>\n

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\"\"Visit the museum to experience an exhibit centered specifically around growing up in Pentwater. See the old toys, clothing, and games of days gone by. This exhibit is hands-on for children to enjoy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1652887492260{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.51) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”]\"\"<\/p>\n

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Who wants to go to a place filled with old things you can\u2019t touch? Come to the Pentwater Historical Society Museum and play on the piano and old organ! We won\u2019t tell you to be quiet! We love music![\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDc3BhbiUyMGlkJTNEJTIyaG91cnMlMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZzcGFuJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”3546″ parallax_speed_bg=”2″ css=”.vc_custom_1635435366712{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1635537632459{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.89) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1729472419207{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

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The new Museum was purchased in 2012 and is\u00a0located\u00a0at 85 South Rutledge<\/a> in Pentwater.<\/p>\n

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Our summer hours are June \u2013 August, Tuesday \u2013 Saturday 1 \u2013 4 pm.<\/p>\n

Our winter hours are September & October, Thursday \u2013 Saturday 1 \u2013 4 pm<\/p>\n

All subject to change if the COVID19 situation changes<\/p>\n

Admission is Free – Donations are appreciated<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suggested Donation is $5 per person<\/p>\n

The Museum is closed:
\nNovember through May, except for special events.<\/p>\n

The Museum is available for private functions. Please\u00a0contact\u00a0the Museum staff to discuss your function.<\/p>\n

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The Pentwater Historical Museum Features<\/h5>\n

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\"\"Guide by Cell<\/em> provides narration for the many displays we have in the museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recorded narratives include interesting anecdotes about Pentwater, its people, and landmarks.\u00a0Guide by Cell<\/em> is accessible inside the museum as well as anywhere in the world!<\/p>\n

Dial (231) 720-0291<\/strong><\/a> on your phone to\u00a0listen to 54 recorded narratives that explain various exhibits and artifacts that are on display. Each recording is 45 seconds to 2 minutes in length.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1635182567622{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1652887568241{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.9) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”]<\/p>\n

~ Exhibits 1 – 18 ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Remembering Ed Bigelow
\n2. Signs from Former Businesses
\n3. History Overview of Pentwater
\n4. Charles Mears
\n5. Pentwater Channel<\/p>\n

\"\"6. The Mary Stewart
\n7. Eldred Shingle Mill
\n8. Carrie Mears\/History of Mears State Park
\n9. Map of Middlesex
\n10. Birdland Sign and Building
\n11. Furniture making
\n12. Shipwrecks\/3 Vessels
\n13. U.S. Life Saving Station
\n14. Pentwater veterans audio interviews
\n15. Pentwater High School artifacts\/yearbook\/class photos
\n16. Original weathervane
\n17. Old pump organ
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~ Exhibits 19 – 36 ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

19. Henry Carter Johnson collection
\n20. Pentwater News Collection
\n21. Channel ferry
\n22. Swing Bridge
\n23. Train Depot
\n24. Hotel Valeria\/White Elephant
\n25. Pentwater Yacht Club
\n26. Left-hand display cabinet in center of floor
\n27. Right-hand display case in center of floor
\n28. Native Americans in the Civil War\/Company K<\/p>\n

\"\"29. Nickerson Inn
\n30. Special Exhibit:\u00a0 Tall Tale Postcards
\n31. Brickyard
\n32. Movie Houses
\n33. Novadoc Bell and Ship\u2019s Wheel
\n34. Undertakers
\n35. Commercial Fishing
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~ Exhibits 37 – 54 ~<\/strong><\/p>\n

37. Pentwater Fire Department
\n38. Log Ladder from Model T Fire Truck
\n39. Steam Pumper Fire Engine \u201cOceana\u201d
\n40. Cemeteries
\n41. Origin of Pentwater Community House\/Hall
\n42. About Pentwater Community Hall<\/p>\n

\"\"43. Large \u201cScrapbook\u201d Display
\n44. 3 Hancock Street Hotels
\n45. 4 Lodging Businesses
\n46. Cabins and Campgrounds
\n47. Filling Stations
\n48. Two Houses on Green Street
\n49. Several More Stories About Native Americans
\n50. Thanks for coming
\n51. Dumaw Creek
\n52. William B.O. Sands\/Home
\n53. Horse Racing in Pentwater
\n54. Pentwater Machinery Company[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDc3BhbiUyMGlkJTNEJTIyYWNjZXNzaWJpbGl0eSUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnNwYW4lM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”2165″ parallax_speed_bg=”2″ css=”.vc_custom_1634324905857{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1652887602435{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.9) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”]<\/p>\n

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\"\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”slideInRight” css=”.vc_custom_1635532986084{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.89) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”]The Pentwater Historical Museum is wheelchair-accessible.<\/strong><\/p>\n