What’s Growing in the Garden? Lovage!
While lovage is not seen much in gardens today, our ancestors would have likely been familiar with this useful plant.
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While lovage is not seen much in gardens today, our ancestors would have likely been familiar with this useful plant.
Watching the sawmill operate is one of the highlights of a visit to Historic Mill Creek. Seeing the original grist mill stones reunited in the American Millwright’s House is the result of good historical detective work. However, milling was the not the only enterprise at Mill Creek.
If you love a good kitchen gadget, you are not alone. Cooks throughout history have always looked for the most efficient, reliable, and useful tools to help them manage food preparation. We think the tourtière fits this description perfectly.
The earliest quilting was done not for bed coverings, but for clothing. The layers of fabric and padding stitched together gave garments protection and warmth. As quilting evolved, it began
When you visit Colonial Michilimackinac, you’ll probably see a few historical interpreters representing British soldiers of the 8th Regiment going about their daily routine of demonstrations and tours. Every day,
We have begun our spring cleanup of the gardens at Michilimackinac! It Is the best time. Every year we find a few unexpected things, and this week we came across
A time of change. The Biddle House, featuring the Mackinac Island Native American Museum, opens for the 2023 season on May 12. Included with a Fort Mackinac or Historic Downtown
Be inspired. The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum opens for the 2023 season on May 12. Explore “A Mackinac Day” in the upstairs changing gallery! Admission included with
Recently, an artifact in the Colonial Michilimackinac collection was re-examined as part of our ongoing mission to present the history of our site. That object is a fragment of silver-colored
