Port Huron Museums

Back by popular demand! Join Blue Water Woodturners in a unique experience of crafting your own piece with guided instruction.

Back by popular demand! Join Blue Water Woodturners in a unique experience of crafting your own piece with guided instruction.

"Echoes of Silence" - an art exhibit in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month presented by Blue Water Safe Horizons and the Port Huron Museums - is coming to a close!Please join us for a closing reception on Sunday, November 1 from 3-5pm at the Carnegie Museum for a final look at this moving display of survivor artwork/writings, meet the ...

Seeking to build your skills in drawing or just want to learn to draw like a master? Drawing by Observation is the class is for you!Learn values with dark and light shading, composition, lines and perspective, etc. This class will dive into the basics of observation and tune you into the structure and aesthetics of drawing still life. We will ...

The Port Huron Museums is proud to present the Carnegie Lecture Series!If you’re feeling burdened with bins of family photos, documents and mementos, join us for a special program that will provide you with inspiration, creative resources and a template to create your family story for generations to come. An engaging and informative program designed for groups looking for fun ...

Take a ride on the darker side of Blue Water Area history with some Murder & Mayhem!

The Port Huron Museums is proud to present the Carnegie Lecture Series!"The Immortal Lincoln: A story of loss, struggle and driving until the wheels come off" is a documentary short (23 mins) that focuses on what happened to one man who lost his fourth-generation family business and the role Ford factory workers played in keeping him focused on moving forward ...

Take a deep dive into the history of the greatest storm of the Great Lakes!One of our most popular tours returns! Experience the Fort Gratiot Light Station at a time when hundreds of sailors looked to the light in desperation. The largest storm recorded in Great Lakes history ocurred in November 1913 -- centered around lower Lake Huron. Hear stories ...

Get up close and personal with REAL DINOSAUR BONES as they are prepped by PaleoJoe himself!

Join us for a more in depth discussion with PaleoJoe!PaleoJoe (Paleontologist, Children's Book Author, Storyteller and, yes, a real dinosaur digger) will bring his high energy programs that will excite, entertain and educate patrons about DINOSAURS and paleontology.For over 35 years PaleoJoe has provided programs to kids of all ages across the country. His stories about dinosaur dig site adventures ...

Take a ride on the darker side of Blue Water Area history with more Murder & Mayhem! (This one is heavy on the mayhem.)

Please join us for our popular Thomas Edison Depot Classics Film Series!In tandem with the "DinoLab" exhibit at the Carnegie Museum we are bringing you a pre-historic double feature!This month's film is The Lost World - a 1925 American silent fantasy giant monster adventure film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Marion Fairfax, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's ...

Get up close and personal with REAL DINOSAUR BONES as they are prepped by PaleoJoe himself!

The Port Huron Museums is proud to present the Carnegie Lecture Series!The Port Huron Statement was a political manifesto written in the summer of 1962 by the Students for a Democratic Society. Led by Tom Hayden, the 25,700 word statement outlined a new vision for America’s future, including disarmament, a revised Democratic Party, and education reform. It was a catalyst ...

The Port Huron Museums is proud to present the Carnegie Lecture Series!Legendary labor law scholar and longtime Stanford Law professor, emeritus, William B. Gould IV, shares the story of his life in a presentation on his new book as well as the remarkable discovery of a long‑forgotten manuscript in a relative’s attic. Q & A and book signing to follow the ...