4.5Michigan Heroes Museum(228 reviews) - Extraordinary Local Museum Monday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Military Museums
Michigan Heroes Museum is dedicated to Honoring, Respecting, and Remembering the memories of people from Michigan who heeded the call to military service during America's seven foreign wars. Located in Frankenmuth, the museum was started in order to tell the stories of servicemen and women from around the state and it now contains over 850 full collections of personal artifacts and stories of our wartime heroes. In fact, Michigan Heroes Museum has gathered so many stories that it is the largest museum of its kind throughout the country and still growing. Visitors to Michigan Heroes Museum can expect to be overwhelmed by the stories of sacrifice, bravery, and valor that they will find there as the museum strives to Honor, Respect and Remember those who have served in our nations military and our space programs.See more..
4.5Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum(187 reviews) - Amazing ship and volunteers/staff Monday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Military Museums
My teen son and I traveled from Chicago to tour the USS Edson and it was well worth the drive. We were fortunate that a kind volunteer offered to give us a tour we weren't even planning on! It is amazing to see the passion the volunteers have for restoring and maintaining this spectacular artifact of U.S. history. If we didn't have to return home that day, we would've loved to have spent the afternoon chatting the day away with everyone in the gift shop - quite an entertaining and informative group of individuals, as well as ambassadors for the Edson and Bay City. Although it was extremely windy the day we did the tour, we dressed appropriately for the conditions (as recommended on the website) and found that it was perfectly comfortable inside. We are already planning for when we will return.See more..
The Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center is a visitor center for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, featuring exciting exhibits for all ages. The exhibit, "Exploring the Shipwreck Century", includes a full-size replica of a wooden Great Lakes schooner and a shipwreck where visitors can walk the decks, feel a Great Lakes storm, and touch the massive timbers of the boat resting on the lake bottom -without getting wet!See more..
4.0Yankee Air Museum(117 reviews) - Nicely done! Monday: Military Museums • Speciality Museums • Helicopter Tours
This is a small museum packed full of interesting memorabilia and airplanes. We chatted for quite awhile with two of the docents who were very knowledgeable and told great stories! It was an impromptu stop on our way home from Dearborn. Impressive Rosie the Riveter displays!See more..
National park pass required though no one asked to see it. Beautiful views, of the lake. Interesting boat house with life boats and very knowledgeable volunteer answering questions. The Maritime Museum has good displays and interesting artifacts. There are two floors. The film about the life saving drills was interesting. Restrooms are on site. We spent about a hour here.See more..
4.5Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum(17 reviews) - Dedicated to the Great Lakes sailors Monday: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Military Museums
This small maritime museum in the small town of Rogers City is dedicated to the memory of those who worked on ships in the Great Lakes. Admission is $5/adult. Not a typical museum with lots of artifacts but mostly photos and biographies of some of the great freighters and the people that lived and died on the ships. The memorial walls of some of those that lost their lives on the wrecks was moving. There is a binder of newspaper articles from the 1958 wreck of the Carl Bradley and how if affected the town of Rogers City. Very sad. The highlight of our visit was talking to the volunteer Steve Thompson who retired as a chief engineer and worked on many of the boats. He graciously answered all our questions and gave us a sense of what it was like being on a huge freighter. There is a small gift shop. We enjoyed our visit.See more..
Outstanding WWII museum, Well organized, nice WWII war items, very nice display. But they have moved. See more..
5.0Michigan's Military Heritage Museum(2 reviews) - Michigan’s Military History Spent 1-2 hours Military Museums • Speciality Museums • History Museums
"Where History Matters" Discover the Michigan Military Heritage Museum, and learn the stories of Pure Michigan Heroes! The Michigan Military History Museum was founded in 2016 to bring to life the rich history of Michigan's contributions in war and peace. We focus heavily on the involvement of Michigan in the U.S Military; we have artifacts from all over the world and from many different countriesSee more..
5.0Michigan Military Heritage Museum(2 reviews) - MUST SEE WHEN visitingJACKSON Monday: Spent 1-2 hours Military Museums • Military Bases & Facilities • History Museums
This place is a must see when you stop in Jackson. There is a lot of history about Michigan' military history, from the Civil War all the way to current events. The curators have a lot of information to share and are very knowledgeable as well. Excellent exhibits and displays.See more..
