The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum Opening Day
Be inspired as we open for the 2024 season! #thisismackinace Man
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Be inspired as we open for the 2024 season! #thisismackinace Man
Ponder a time of change at the Biddle House as we open for the 2024 season! #thisismackinac
It’s time for Mackinac to get back to work as we celebrate Opening Day 2024! #thisismackinac
The Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center, located on Main Street, opens for the 2024 season! #thisismackinac
Mackinac Island’s iconic Fort Mackinac opens for the 2024 season with a cannon blast at 9am! #thisismackinac
Eight artists have been selected for the 2023 Mackinac Island Artist-in-Residence program.
The largest archaeological excavation to take place at Fort Mackinac was the site of the original provision storehouse. Interestingly, it was the second time the provision storehouse was excavated, but the first time at Fort Mackinac.
In 1847, Horace Greeley and Lewis Clark, newspapermen from New York on a tour of the Great Lakes, were seated on the porch of Mission House and saw a giant creature out in the lake. They agreed it was a Sea Serpent! But was it?
In 2022 Mackinac State Historic Parks accessioned 176 objects into its collection and archives. Learn about a few of them here:
