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Come visit Northeast Michigan's center for art, history and science with our displays of fine art, Native American history, geology, industry, and a recreated 1890's Avenue of shops. Our 19th century historic buildings including the Green School, Spratt Church, Maltz Exchange Bank, and McKay Log Cabin. Museum hours are Monday through Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm and Sundays from 12pm to 4pm. A brand new, state-of-the-art digital planetarium theater was installed in 2016. Planetarium shows are offered Tuesday - Saturday. Please visit http://www.bessermuseum.org/skytheater for current show schedules.
Denise D | July 2026
Must see in Alpena!
This is better than the Michigan Historical collection. The Herlinger family donated an extensive amount of paleo artifacts never seen before. From mammoth jawbone with teeth, to weaponry, to...
W2528AKstevek | August 2023
Great place
Great place to visit if in the area the planetarium was awesome and educational the outdoor grounds were fun to walk around
royalbutts | June 2023
A must-see learning experience!
A truly fantastic museum with creative installations — fun and learning for all! We stayed for one hour but I recommend two, maybe more. Great diversity of traditional & modern art, recreated...
Bronson804 | October 2021
Bus Tour
So much to see, make sure you visit the downstairs part, totally worth seeing. And really nice that they have an elevator
D4694WYsarahp | April 2021
Favorite part of the trip.
We visited while on a drive through Alpena. We weren’t expecting much. A $5 per person hodge-podge of art, history, and a planetarium? Strange.
I was so wrong. This place is a gem.
Husband and I...
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