For more information on the events below see our "Annual Events"
page
or call the Museum at (989) 893-5733.
New Exhibit Now Open...
"Creations in Scale: The
Practical Art of Ship Models"
Brig.
Gen. Richard D. Demara Gallery
This new exhibit will feature several types of ship models from the Museum's
collections, many of which have never been on exhibit. These will include be five new ship models
from the Patrol Craft Sailors Association collection, and others from the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society's collection.
June
13-August 14, 2014
Fantastic Friday Adventures
10am - 3pm
Cost: $1.00/child (Adults/Chaperones
free)
Includes free take-home crafts
Join the Bay
County Historical Society this summer for visits filled with activities, fun facts, and take-home crafts. Each themed Fantastic
Friday will bring new adventures and learning opportunities for kids and their adult chaperones! Our Fantastic Fridays
feature hands-on, station-based activities in an open-house style format. Stay for an hour or bring a picnic and stay
for the day!
For more information see
the flyer at the link below.
Fantastic Friday Adventures
July 25,
2014
Fantastic Friday Adventures
"Building Communities-Block by Block"
10am - 3pm
Cost: $1.00/child (Adults/Chaperones free)
Includes free take-home
crafts
Historical Museum
321
Washington Avenue, Bay City
Visit the Historical Museum and learn how our area grew into the community it is today. Journey through our Trails
Through Time gallery to learn about important resources and industries that brought people to the area that became Bay
County. Hands-on activities and games will focus on landmarks within our community. Kids can use their imagination to create
their own town or design a bridge. Also, scheduled throughout the day are free guided tours of City Hall.
For more information see the flyer at the
link below.
Building Communities: Block by Block
August
1, 2014
Fantastic Friday Adventures
"Gardens through Thyme"
10am - 3pm
Cost: $1.00/child (Adults/Chaperones free)
Includes free take-home
crafts
Trombley/Centre House
901
John F. Kennedy Drive, Bay City
The setting for this program will be the historic Trombley/Centre House
where visitors will have the opportunity to explore the historic herb garden tended by the Olde Thyme Herb Society and the
many gardens in the Veterans Memorial Park area. Learn about early settlers Myra Parsons and the Trombley family and the role
herbs played in pioneer life. Children and their adult chaperones will be able to participate in hands-on activities, create
take-home crafts, plant their own herbs, play pioneer-era games and explore Trombley-Centre House.
For more information see the flyer at the link below.
Gardens through Thyme
August 9,
2014
Second Saturday
"The Sage Branch Public Library "
with Tom
Birch
1:00pm
The Sage Library was dedicated
to the citizens of West Bay City, Michigan in January 1884, a gift from Henry W. Sage,
owner and operator of one of the world’s largest sawmills on the west side of the Saginaw River. Join the Director of the Bay County Library System Tom Birch for a look at
the Library’s history as well as services and programs offered today.
August 15,
2014
Fantastic Friday Adventures
"Ship Models and Maritime Art"
10am - 3pm
Cost: $1.00/child (Adults/Chaperones free)
Includes
free take-home crafts
Historical Museum
321
Washington Avenue, Bay City
Creations in Scale: The Practical Art of Ship Models is the featured exhibit for this Fantastic Friday. Visitors will be able to view model
ships from the collection of the Historical Museum and learn what it takes to create a model masterpiece. Maritime theme art,
such as photographs, murals and paintings by maritime artist Howard Freeman Sprague will help the visitor to step back in
time and experience our nautical past. Station-based, hands-on activities will allow children to express their creativity
by producing their own works of art and poetry as well as create their own ship models. Kids will also have the opportunity
to participate in a rain gutter regatta!
For
more information see the flyer at the link below.
Ship Models and Maritime Art
September 13,
2014
Second Saturday
"Murder by the Bay "
with Tim
Younkman
1:00pm
As a long-time crime reporter
with newspapers in Michigan, Mr. Younkman has been researching murders in Bay County from the
late 19th century during the lumber boom. Bay City had its infamous Hell's Half Mile along the waterfront and violence
was an everyday problem. However, murder was not as common and when one occurred, it made news with great public interest.
Join him as
he looks back at three murder cases from the 1880s and 1890s: one occurred in Bangor Township off what
is now Wilder Road, another happened in a sporting house in Hell's Half Mile, and the third was perpetrated in a residential
home on 15th Street, which may be the oldest unsolved murder case in the city's history.
