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Mackinac State Historic Parks is one of the premiere museum programs in Michigan.
Active archaeology has been taking place at Mackinac State Historic Parks for more than 65 years.
Mackinac State Historic Parks has published more than 100 titles - learn about them here.
Mackinac State Historic Parks collects objects to preserve and interpret the history of the Straits of Mackinac and Upper Great Lakes.
Spending multiple days in the straits area? Mackinac State Historic Parks offers a convenient seven day pass that provides admission to all historic sites. Tour the gardens of Colonial Michilimackinac, gaze out at the Straits of Mackinac from the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Tower, smell the sawdust as sawyers cut timber into lumber at Historic Mill Creek, experience the boom of the iconic Fort Mackinac cannon, and stroll through Mackinac Island’s fur trade past in Historic Downtown Mackinac. Mackinac State Historic Parks truly offers something for everyone.