Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan is excited to welcome the community to its annual Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 3, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

This family-friendly fall tradition offers a unique afternoon of hands-on activities, historic tours, fossil hunting, live music, and seasonal treats for visitors of all ages.

Admission

Adults: $10
Children (ages 0-14): $5
Military: $5
Family Rate (up to 6 people): $40
Besser Museum Members: Free
Children under 4: Free

Activities (Included with Admission)

• Pumpkin patch for kids
• Face painting
• Sea lamprey display from Hammond Bay Biological Station
• Kids crafts
• Old-fashioned games and sing-a-longs in the 1912 Spratt Church
• United Way Imagination Playground
• Carnival Games provided by Northeast Michigan Family Resource Center
• Katherine V wooden fish tug tours
• Chinook Research Vessel tours
• Historic village tours
• Devonian fossil hunting
• Michigan Geological Survey exhibits
• Fishing heritage activities presented by MSU Sea Grant and NEMIGLSI
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary – Virtual Diving of shipwrecks

Live music

The Roughnecks of Truckey Road

Inside the museum you can experience the Discover Northeast Michigan History Exhibit, Fish & Animal Displays, Juried Art Exhibit, Nina Gee Solo Art Exhibit, Lynsie Dietz Macrame Exhibit, and visit the Gift Shop.

Call 989-356-2202 for more information.