Event Series Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw City

This week, special programs at Historic Mill Creek explore hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about wild wetland plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, with fresh appreciation […]

Event Series Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw City

This week, special programs at Historic Mill Creek explore hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about wild wetland plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, with fresh appreciation […]

Event Series Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw City

This week, special programs at Historic Mill Creek explore hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about wild wetland plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, with fresh appreciation […]

Cottages of Mackinac Island, a Mackinac National Park: 150 Event

Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island

Mackinac National Park was created in 1875. However, the question of how the amenities of such a park would be paid for persisted. One solution was to grant leaseholds on the East and West Bluffs. Since the 1840s wealthy island visitors had expressed interest in constructing cottages on the bluffs of Mackinac Island. By 1882 […]

Event Series Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture

Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw City

This week, special programs at Historic Mill Creek explore hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about wild wetland plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, with fresh appreciation […]

Event Series Artist-in-Residence Program

Artist-in-Residence Program

The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum Mackinac Island

Join our resident artist for a free program detailing work done during the artist residency. This is a free program held at the Station 256 Conference Room, located above the Mackinac Island State Park Visitor's Center. Schedule or resident artists to be posted in late winter, 2025. ABOUT THE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM: The Mackinac State Historic […]