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powered by FreeFind	Michigan Lansing Museum of Surveying 220 South Museum Drive Lansing MI 48933 Phone 517 484-6605 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Web Site www.surveyhistory.org/ E-mail mailto:ejschill@gte.net Alt Web http://users.netonecom.net/~rburtch/museum/ Description only US museum solely for surveying - instruments, literature, artifacts Industry /Profession Surveying Collection N-Z Surveying Research /Reading Archives Oldsmobile/GM Heritage Center 920 Townsend Street Lansing MI 48921 Phone 517 482-6537 Web Site http://www.oldsmobileheritage.com/ Description primarily a research resource -- includes online history of the car company Type of Resource Specialty Museum Research /Reading Library Oldsmobile/GM Heritage Center 414 East Michigan Avenue Lansing MI 48933 Phone 517 482-0717 Web Site Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive R E Olds Transportation Museum 240 Museum Drive Lansing MI 48933 Phone 517 372-0529 Web Site BROKEN www.reolds.com E-mail mailto:reolds@voyager.net Alt Web http://www.inil.com/users/dlbrown/ofsai.htm -AI%20RE%20Olds%20Transportation%20Museum Description 40 cars & trucks, including one of the original 4 1897 Olds models Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive
	Michigan Manistee S S City of Milwaukee 51 Ninth Street Manisteee MI 49660 Phone 231 398-0328 Web Site www.carferry.com/ E-mail mailto:info@carferry.com Description last remaining Great Lakes train/passenger ferry -- overnight stays aboard ship available Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship Owner/Operator: Society for the Preservation of the SS City of Milwaukee
Search this site	MI Marquette Bishop Baraga Association-Archives 347 Rock Street PO Box 550 Marquette MI 49855 Phone 906 227-9117 Web Site http://www.dioceseofmarquette.org/ E-mail mailto:edelene@dioceseofmarquette.org Description mostly documentary collection of first bishop in the area Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Religion Group Identity Catholic New or Updated: 12/10/2003 Marquette Maritime Museum 200 Lakeshore Drive Marquette MI 49855 Phone 906 226-2006 Web Site www.uproc.lib.mi.us/maritime/maritime.htm Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime
	Michigan Marshall American Museum of Magic 105 E Michigan Ave Marshall MI 49068 Phone 269 781-7570 Web Site http://www.americanmuseumofmagic.org/ E-mail mailto:info@americanmuseumofmagic.org Alt Web http://www.mymagic.com/magichistory/resources.htm Description 300,000 items - showbills, books, magazines, photos, magic apparatus - by appointment only Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Entertainment Collection G-M Magic Collection N-Z Posters New or Updated: 4/6/2007 Marshall Postal Museum Address Marshall MI Phone 616 781-2859 Web Site http://www.marshallmi.org/tours/virtual/postal.html Description located in basement of 1932 post office - by appointment Type of Resource Specialty Museum Nature of Group or Site Government Owner/Operator: Marshall Historical Society Wolverine Fire Company Museum Address Marshall MI Phone 616 968-2998 Web Site http://www.marshallmi.org/tours/virtual/magic.html Description recreated firehouse, with hand drawn and early mechanized equipment, alarm system, and other memorabilia -- by appointment Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Firefighting
	Michigan Muskegon USS Silversides and Maritime Museum Address Muskegon MI Phone Web Site www.silversides.org Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship MI Portage Air Zoo 3101 East Milham Rd Portage MI 49002 Phone 269 382-6555 Web Site http://www.airzoo.org/ Description 60 aircraft, daily flights in summer, Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame & Guadalcanal Memorial Museum Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation Nature of Group or Site Hall of Fame Industry /Profession Air Force Owner/Operator: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum New or Updated: 12/28/2003 MI Presque Isle Old Presque Isle Light House 4500 E Grand Lake Road Presque Isle MI 49777 Phone 989 595-9917 Web Site http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/huron/oldpresqisl/oldpresqisl.htm Description built as a replacement for a prior light, tower open to climb Type of Resource Specialty Museum Building Type Lighthouse Era 1871 New or Updated: 09/06/2003 MI Saline Bixby Marionette Exhibit 141 E Michigan Ave PO Box 198 Saline MI 48176 Phone 734 429-4494 Web Site http://www.salinechamber.com/bixby_puppets.htm Description created by Meredith Bixby who performed nationwide from the 1930's - 60's Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Arts Collection N-Z Puppets New or Updated: 1/3/2004 Michigan Sault Ste Marie Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum 111 Ashmun Street Sault Ste Marie MI 49783 Phone 906 635-1742 Web Site www.shipwreckmuseum.org Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Michigan Sebewaing Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum 203 S Center Sebewaing MI Phone 989 883-3225 Web Site http://www.gllmm.org/main.htm E-mail mailto:lore@avci.net Description focus on the men and women in the maritime industries Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Last changed: 03/10/2003 Michigan South Haven Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Kyckman Avenue South Haven MI 49090 Phone 616 637-8078 Web Site http://michiganmaritimemuseum.org/ Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Michigan Ypsilanti Yankee Air Museum 2041 A Street Willow Run Airport MAIL PO Box 590 Belleville MI 48112 Ypsilanti MI 48111 Phone 734 483-4030 Web Site http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/ Description B-52 and other WW II and later aircraft on display, restoration viewing, some flyable, indoor displays of WW I through Vietnam & Women in aviation Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation Industry /Profession Air Force New or Updated: 06/24/2003	Google
	Minnesota Austin SPAM Museum 1101 North Main Street Austin MN 55912 Phone 507 437-5100 Web Site http://media.hormel.com/templates/knowledge/knowledge.asp?id=9&cat itemid=16 Toll Free 800 588-7726 Alt Web http://www.austincvb.com/ Description the story of the canned lunch meat that rose to prominence in WWII Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Food New or Updated: 7/7/2007 Minnesota Brooten Roaring 20's Auto Museum Highway 55 Brooten MN 56316 Phone Web Site *** Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive New or Updated: 05/14/2003 Minnesota Chisholm Minnesota Museum of Mining 900 West Lake Street Chisholm MN Phone 218 254-5543 Alt Phone 218 254-7158 Web Site http://www.chisholmmnchamber.com/mn_museum_of_mining.htm Alt Web http://www.fnbchisholm.com/mining/Default.htm Description located in 1933 stone castle built by WPA, features mining machinery including steam shovel, model railroad diorama Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Mining New or Updated:** 05/03/2003
	Minnesota Duluth Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum 902 East 1st Street Duluth MN Phone 218 728-0630 Web Site http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/dulfrm.html E-mail mailto:kmuseumsb@aol.com Description branch of private manuscript library with periodic exhibits, located in former Christian Science Church Type of Resource Specialty Museum Building Type Church Research /Reading Library Era 1912 SS William A Irvin 301 Harbor Drive Duluth MN 55802 Phone 218 727-0022 Web Site http://www.williamairvin.com/ E-mail http://www.decc.org/ Alt Web www.visitduluth.com Description flagship ore carrier of US Steel's Great Lakes Fleet, with Lake Superior tug boat adjacent Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship
	Minnesota Eveleth US Hockey Hall of Fame 801 Hat Trick Avenue PO Box 657 Eveleth MN 55734 Phone 218 744-5167 Web Site http://www.ushockeyhall.com/ Toll Free 800 443-7825 Description 107 inductees, professional, Olympic & amateur Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Sports Nature of Group or Site Hall of Fame MN Faribault Air Museum of Minnesota c/o George Haley 1509 SW 6th St Faribault MN 55021 Phone 507 332-7353 Web Site *** Description all we've got is a phone number Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation New or Updated: 8/13/2004 MN Grand Rapids Judy Garland Museum PO Box 724 Grand Rapids MN 55744 Phone 218 327-9276 Web Site http://www.judygarlandmuseum.com/index.html Toll Free 800 664-5839 E-mail mailto:jgarland@uslink.net Description birthplace of actress and singer, memorabilia of her career Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Famous People Industry /Profession Movies Collection N-Z Photography New or Updated: 08/01/2003 Minnesota Harmony Harmony Toy Museum Address Harmony MN Phone Web Site www.harmony.mn.us/pic4.html Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Collection N-Z Toys Minnesota Mabel Steam Engine Museum Mabel Business Association PO Box 56 Mabel MN 55954 Phone 507 493-5350 Web Site http://www.bluffcountry.com/mabel.htm Alt Web http://www.exploreminnesota.com/index.asp?section=DISPLAY&intcat=8&oldid=681 Description year 'round steam engine displays, festival in September Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection A-F Engines MN Minneapolis Daniels Fire Hall & Museum 664 22nd Ave NE Minneapolis MN 55418 Phone 612 623-3817 Web Site http://www.firehallmuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:firefigh@firehallmuseum.org Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Firefighting Collection N-Z Vehicles New or Updated: 9/24/2004 Minnesota Minneapolis Museum of Questionable Medical Devices 201 Main Street SE Minneapolis MN 55414 Phone 612 379-4046 Web Site www.mtn.org/quack E-mail mailto:quck@mth.org Description odd treatments and equipment for curing almost anything Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Medical Minnesota Rogers Ellingson Car Museum 20950 Rogers Drive Rogers MN 55374 Phone 763 428-7337 Web Site www.ellingsoncar.com/ Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive MN St Paul Goldstein Museum of Design 1985 Buford Avenue 244 McNeal Hall, U Minnesota St Paul MN 55108 Phone 612 624-7434 Web Site http://goldstein.che.umn.edu/information.html E-mail mailto:mlarson@che.umn.edu Description decorative arts, graphic design as well as costume and textiles Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Arts Industry /Profession Textiles Collection A-F Costume Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 11/24/2003 Minnesota St Paul Minnesota Aviation History and Education Center PO Box 7884 St Paul MN 55107 Phone Web Site http://www1.minn.net/~farls/museum.html E-mail mailto:farls@minn.net Description museum looking for a home, web site has photos of aircraft & other already collected items Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation Last changed: 02/25/2003 Minnesota St Louis Park Pavek Museum of Broadcasting 3515 Raleigh Avenue St Louis Park MN 55416 Phone 612 926-8198 Web Site www.pavekmuseum.org/ Description radio, television and broadcast equipment, 192 rotary spark-gap transmitter, crystal radio, vacuum tubes, radio literature Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Technology Industry /Profession Telecommunications Minnesota Two Harbors 3M/Dwan Museum (Sandpaper Museum) 2nd Avenue & Waterfront Dr Two Harbors MN Phone 218 834-4898 Web Site Description 3M Corporation birthplace (Scotch tape, post-it notes) Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Minnesota Wykoff Ed's Museum 100 S Gold St Wykoff MN Phone 507 352-4205 Web Site http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNWYKed.html Alt Web http://www.dwave.net/~schnabl/wykoffMN.htm - attractions Description 50 year accumulation of a man who kept everything, now maintained as a museum Type of Resource Specialty Museum New or Updated:** 8/3/2007
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