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• February 13: Bay City

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  The Bay County Historical Society presents a program on the Saginaw Bay Yacht Club as part of its "Second Saturdays" lecture series. Craig Murchison, Historian for the Yacht Club, will be the featured speaker. The program will begin at 1 pm and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, visit their website.

• May 1: Grand Ledge

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  Join us for the 14th Annual Victorian Day featuring a non-motorized parade, carriage rides, Victorian Tea at the Opera House, Civil War reenactment and skirmish, pie judging and auction, quilt show, Museum exhibit "Welcome Home," Victorian Etiquette program, demonstrations of blacksmithing, rope making, letter press, spinning and plant exchange. For the kids, there will be a Teddy Bear Tea and May Pole Dance, picture with a pony or in Victorian clothing, as well as kite flying and May baskets. For further information call (517) 627-5170 or visit their website.

Central Michigan History Exhibits

• Sept. 20 - Feb. 9, 2010: Lansing

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  The Michigan Women's Historical Center is going green this fall, with a new exhibit entitled "Resourceful Women: 30 Who Worked to Preserve Michigan's Water, Woods and Wildlife" on display from September 20, 2009 through February 19, 2010. "Resourceful Women" will examine the contributions of 30 females who served as protectors and promoters of our state's natural resources and the environment in the 20th century. The exhibit will additionally feature audio and video elements and hands-on activities that encourage young visitors to design a state park, decorate a take-home butterfly, and test for impurities in water samples. For more information contact the Historical Center at (517) 484-1880.

• Current through September 5, 2010: East Lansing

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  MSU Museum presents "Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, an African American Quilt Scholar" explores the production and meaning of collections and, for the first time, shows this new collection acquired by the MSU Museum in 2009. The Cuesta Benberry African and African American Quilt and Quilt History Collection contains 52 quilts (including family quilts and the only one Benberry actually made), notebooks, quilt kits and patterns, and scores of notes and clippings related to quiltmakers, quilts, and quilt exhibitions. For more information, call (517) 355-2370 or visit the museum website.

• Current through Spring 2010: Lansing

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  Out to Lunch, a new exhibit created from the collections of the Michigan Historical Museum, takes a look at lunch boxes and other containers used to carry food while traveling. Admission is free of charge. For more information, please telephone (517) 373-3559 or visit the Museum website.

• Mar. 7 - Dec. 12: Grand Ledge

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  The Grand Ledge Area Historical Society presents a new exhibit entitled "Welcome Home" in the 1880 Gothic Revival house turned into museum. The living areas feature a Grand Ledge Chair Company sofa, upholstered side chair and dining room suite in addition to a large collection of the society's clay folk art. Open Sundays 2 - 4 pm and festival weekends, by donation. For further information call (517) 627-5170 or visit their website.

To submit information for Historical Happenings:

Mail information to:

The Historical Society of Michigan
1305 Abbot Rd.
East Lansing, MI 48823

or E-mail: hsm@hsmichigan.org or FAX: (517) 324-4370