ALPENA Raising $1.8 million to renovate Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan’s history exhibit area, which has not been significantly updated in more than
ALPENA Two Alpena Girl Scouts are earning their Silver Awards through the completion of an exhibit that opens today at Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan.
ALPENA It takes a lot of preparation and planning and a whole lot of holiday helpers to present the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan’s Season of Light
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Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Executive Director Chris Witulski inspects a 15th Century Savonarola chair at the museum in April.
ALPENA The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan houses thousands of artifacts, but not all of them end up in exhibits where visitors can see them.
Of the 38,000 artifacts owned by the museum, only a fraction make it into the museum’s exhibits. Artifacts that aren’t included in an exhibit are housed in six different artifact storage rooms in the museum’s basement, with specific rooms designated for furniture, textiles, art, and the museum’s archive.