06/22/2026
It's almost here... Log Cabin Day Saturday, June 27 from 12 - 4pm.
The event offers activities for all ages focused on early life in Northeast Michigan. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children, and free for Besser Museum members. Planetarium shows are $1 per person.
Visit the exhibits indoors and then go outside to explore the buildings in the Historical Village that will be open for tours, including a wedding exhibit in the Spratt Church. The one-room schoolhouse will be staffed by members of Delta Kappa Gamma. Descendants of John McKay will host the McKay log cabin. Railroad history expert Ron Cady will share information and photos, and historian Tim Kent will present on early fur traders.
Tuffy Cross and retired DNR fish biologist Jim Johnson will lead guided tours aboard the 1928 Katherine V commercial fishing tug and the retired DNR Chinook Research Vessel. Hammond Bay Biological Station will host an educational booth with live sea lampreys. MSU Sea Grant, NEMIGLSI, and the Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail Network are partnering through an America250MI grant to offer fishing heritage art projects and activities.
Demonstrations will include Keith Knetch from Native Ways Traditional Arts, LLC, as well as spinning, weaving, and blacksmithing. Gennie Morgan of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians will present traditional drumming demonstrations with interactive components.
The fossil park will be open for visitors to collect Devonian fossils. Family activities include face painting.
Refreshments will be available for purchase, including the annual favorite strawberry sundaes while supplies last, along with hot dogs and popcorn.
For more information, call 989-356-2202 or visit www.bessermuseum.org.
