We all lived this place. My kids didn't know at first if they would like it but my teen and…read moreelementary aged kids ended up loving it as much as the adults did. It is only $5 a person to enter and we spent a good hour in here just looking at all the details. Definitely worth the price!

Wacky is right! So is weird, funky, funny, kitschy, and educational.... This small inexpensive…read moremuseum ($5) is a real hoot! I am glad I saw this on the Roadside America website. I had been to an all frog version of a place like this in Croatia for alot more money and there they didn't allow photography. This place has a totally different vibe from the friendly artist owners who greet you. Very creative dioramas of taxidermied mice in all types of activities along with many other wild animals in interesting scenarios. There are also many descriptions on the history of taxidermy and past artists. This is a must stop if you enjoy weird Americana.

A fun gift shop featuring some of our local cryptids, along with a silly but fun haunted house with…read moreexhibits featuring local myths and legends. If you like roadside attractions, you'll probably enjoy this!

10/10 would recommend. We have been to Mackinaw City every year and have never been to this gem…read more Great family fun for all ages, yes even a teenager!! The walk through attraction was so much fun! Great gift shop too!! Gift for everyone.

If you were at all interested naval history are you just love seeing ships? This is a must see…read more Completely worth the money.

We had a wonderful visit and tour. The guides were helpful and kind. The history behind the ship…read morewas intriguing. My 15 yr old and 11 yr old both loved it. Well worth the price of admission. We spent about an hour on the self guided tour.

We went to the lumberjack show as part of a fourth grade class trip and had such a great time. The…read moreMC split the audience into two cheering sections to support either Chase or Owen, which immediately got all of the kids engaged and excited. The biggest crowd favorites were the pole climb, log roll, and axe toss, plus the fun of being lucky enough to sit on the winning side. The kids absolutely loved cheering for the competitors, and it was so much fun watching them get excited about a sport most of us knew very little about beforehand. The show runs a little over an hour and does a great job balancing action, humor, and audience participation. It kept the students entertained the entire time. Since we attended as part of a group outing, I cannot really speak to pricing or the full customer service experience, but every staff member we interacted with was friendly and helpful. Plus both Owen and Chase hung around for autographs and photos with all the kids. There was also plenty of room for our five motor coaches to park easily. Overall, this ended up being one of the highlights of our trip. Highly recommend.

What a great value and entertainment for all ages! We gained a lot of information about the logging…read moreindustry too! The MC/owner was so friendly and told us stories after the show about his log rolling wins! A must-see show when you are in the Mackinac City area!!

"Don't know much about history But I do know that I love you…read moreAnd I know that if you love me too What a wonderful world this would be" (Sam Cooke) If local history is your thing, you'll surely love the wonderful world that awaits you at the Museum of Ojibwa Culture. For example, you can stroll around in scenic Father Marquette Park with displays about his life. On the Museum grounds is the site where Marquette's French Jesuit Mission was located, where he lived, and where he was buried. Marquette established the French mission around 1671 as the area became a center of the flourishing fur trade. The old St. Ignace Mission is beautiful. Around the grounds, I saw plenty of displays of the area's Indian heritage, stylized statues of a Medicine Man, Indian Maiden, and several stuffed animal displays alongside plaques of the animal's Indian name. So if you're ever engaged in a bar bet about the Ojibwe name for a deer, you can confidently say "Wawashesh'she". There's also plenty of indoor and outdoor exhibits to grab a glimpse of Ojibwa culture and the lifestyles of the Huron Indians. Walking the Museum's beautiful grounds was relaxing, peaceful, and very educational.

One of the best museums I've ever been in! Don't be fooled by its size; the content is well…read moredisplayed with explanations that take time to read but make the exhibits much more meaningful. Gift shop is Native American based, not cheap knick knacks. Don't know how this museum is able to be open with no admission, so please be sure to donate generously.

Super cute maritime museum! Great volunteer showed us around. Loved the room upstairs with all the…read moreold boat motors!

This is a great little museum full of local artifacts, with a friendly staff…read more They're seasonally open, so be sure to stop in during the summer months.

This museum is inside of a pizza place and is completely free! We just got cheese bread because we…read moredidn't know it was a pizza place and ate beforehand. The cheese bread was good and we will eat dinner here next time. They probably had the friendliest staff we encountered while in town.

A Must "Bookmark" in Mackinaw City, before or after Pizza!…read more After many annual October Fall visits to Mackinaw City, I was pleased to have visited this Michigan Historical Museum on October 19, 2019. It is located upstairs above the pizza business MaMa Mia's therefore my idea was to walk off my delicious pizza lunch, read and learn about the history in the building of the Mighty Mackinaw Bridge. This museum is phenomenal about the history in the building of the Mackinaw Bridge 1954-1958. When walking upstairs there are walls and walls of photos naming the many dedicated, skilled, talented iron workers. Their used equipment of helmets, work gear, tools and details is emotional too at the same time to see and read. They faced their dangerous jobs daily before, during and after the completion plus a few deaths did occurr throughout the construction. Free Admission Free Movie is played for your history lesson while relaxing in comfortable chairs as well. I wrote down facts and information last year to help my review.. :-) There was 11,000 International Iron Workers, other tradesmen, and engineers that were dedicated, hard working and skilled employees to start the construction ground breaking on May 7, 1954. They all risked their lives daily, weekly and monthly for three years on the job before opening the bridge to traffic on November 1, 1957. (During the construction in the 1950's five men died) The Mackinaw Bridge construction went on into 1958 with 3,500 workers, 895,000 structural and blueprint drawings. They used: 71,300 tons of steel 42,000 miles of cable wire 931,000 tons of concrete 4,851,700 steel rivets 1,016,600 steel bolts and over 90,000,00 dollars The metal structure is one of eight land based survey towers, which were used along with six water based towers. My review plus photos, describes only half of this business. A guest needs to make a trip to Michigan and put on your list of places to visit this "Mackinaw Bridge Museum" for yourself. Then afterwards take a drive over the Mackinaw Bridge to see, feel and understand the history of how the bridge was built. I enjoy it yearly in the Summer or Fall! :-) I will always look forward to visiting this museum when in Mackinaw City, in case I missed a part of the history story. Then to remember, reflect, honor those past brave and talented Iron Workers that dedicated their lives to build The Mighty Mackinaw Bridge!

Great selection, owners are so helpful. Nice variety of works and artists…read more It's not a large gallery but full of treasures of all sorts. The Art is spectacular, a feast for the eyes.

Always a stop when visiting Petoskey. Interesting collection of Michigan artists creations…read more Friendly and knowledgeable owner. We enjoy many items in our home.