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735 Park Street | Saugatuck | 269 857-7900 |
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| SAUGATUCK DUNES
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National Trust for Historic Preservation names the Saugatuck Dunes to its 2010 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Places.
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 Oil on linen, IN THE DUNES NORTH OF SAUGATUCK by Carl Hoerman |
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| OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
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Open for Public Use
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 Saugatuck-Douglas History Center and Back-In-Time Gardens |
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Society Receives Major Grant Award
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 Rowing Them Safely Home: Shipwrecks and Lifesaving On the Great Lakes | |
The Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society is pleased to announce a major funding grant of $47,000 from the Museums For America (a federal program) fund. The Society's grant proposal was one of 178 projects (of 510 applicants) selected by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, under its 2010 "Museums For America" program. The project, a permanent exhibit "Rowing them Safely Home" will become a major feature of the Society's Old School House "History Center" garden pathway that spreads over the 1.3 acre property of the new Center's site. The reviewers of the project commented that the Society has a proven track record of producing quality programs and that the project "will have lasting results and enable community understanding of their coastal history and heritage" Further, it was noted that the project will provide an added destination for the local tourism market. The proposal was written by James Schmiechen, chair of the Society's History Museum at Mt. Baldhead, Saugatuck. The Society is required to match this amount. The estimated total cost of the project is approximately $102,000. If you would like to support the Society's match, please click on the "Donate" button above or send your donation to SDHS, Life Boat Station Project, PO Box 617, Douglas, MI 49406 | |
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| HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2010 Saturday, September 18 |
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Featuring a once-in-a-century guided tour of the Ox-Bow School of Art |
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MUSEUM AND THE 2010 EXHIBIT |
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A Place Called Ox-Bow ... A century-long bridge between art, nature and people |
 
Welcome to this picture and storybook of "Ox-Bow." The Museum is open Noon to 4 PM daily from Memorial Day through Labor Day and on weekends in Saptember and October.  Another Museum Attraction The Big Pavilion Returns Known for its hot dancing and its amazing architecture, it was dubbed "the Brightest Spot on the Great Lakes." Here was were much of Saugatuck's popular image was born-and carried out for a half century before it was destroyed by fire 100 years ago this year. The scale model built for the Museum's 2010 exhibition, along with the Big Pavilion photo slide show and history time-line, has been brought back for visitor viewing. Check it out in the little alcove off the south gallery. 
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