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Detroit Institute of Arts. This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Junction of US-12 and M-50 Cambridge Junction: February 19, 1958: Nathaniel S. Wheeler House† 7075 M-50, North of Onsted Onsted: July 26, 1974: Wooden Stone School: NE corner of Stephenson Road and Hawkins Highway Onsted: June 15, 1979: Woodstock Manual Labor Institute Informational Site 18123 Greenleaf Road Addison vicinity November 14, 1969
The site where the Matthew Harvey House stands is currently called Muster Field Farm because of the military musters that took place on the property between 1787 and 1851. [4] Musters were politically and socially important events: hundreds of men would gather with their regiment for military inspection, often bringing their wives and children.
Ned Kelly's armour on display in the State Library of Victoria. The helmet, breastplate, backplate and shoulder plates show 18 bullet marks. Also on display are Kelly's Snider Enfield rifle and one of his boots. In 1879, Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly devised a plan to create bulletproof armour and wear it during shootouts with the ...
Grand Junction unincorporated, although it has a larger business district than Breedsville, is located in the northwest part of the township. It is so named because it is located at the junction of two railroad lines, though only one now survives. It was first settled by David Young in the fall of 1869 and platted on December 8, 1871 [5]
The museum is named for Arthur Edmund Seaman, who worked at Michigan Tech in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was the museum's curator from 1928 to 1937. [9] The mineral collection was established in the 19th century, and by 1890 numbered 27,000 specimens. [9] A museum to house the collection was constructed in 1908. [9]
The Kelly Hunters is a 1954 Australian book by Frank Clune about the hunt for bushranger Ned Kelly. [1] [2]The book sold very well. [3]The Sun-Herald said "Indefatigable researcher and skilled storyteller, Clune presents Ned Kelly neither as the persecuted hero of one legend nor the bloodthirsty ruffian of another, but as an intelligible and highly intelligent human being."
The Hanka Homestead now known as the Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum is a group of eight buildings on a 40-acre (16 ha) homestead. It is located three miles (4.8 km) west of U.S. Highway 41, off Tower Road, near Pelkie, Michigan, in the United States. The homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]