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Dates & Hours Admission Location Dates & Hours May 1–June 7, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Last admission at 4:00 p.m. June 8–September 1, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Last admission at 6:00 p.m. September 2–October 4, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Last admission at 4:00 p.m. FORT FRIGHT: October 4–October 5, 2019 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Last admission at 8:30 p.m. Admission “Perhaps the area's most impressive ADULT: $12.50 / CHILD (AGE 5–12): $7.25 history lesson.” MICHILIMACKINAC COMBO: Visit Colonial Michilimackinac AND Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse - Adult $19 / — MIDWEST LIVING Child (Age 5–12) $11.50 MAINLAND COMBO: Visit Colonial Michilimackinac, “If you like history and archaeology, Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse AND Historic Mill Creek you won’t want to miss a tour of Discovery Park - Adult $29 / Child (Age 5–12) $17 Fort Michilimackinac.” MACKINAC FAMILY HERITAGE PASS: Admission to all Mackinac State Historic Parks sites for the entire season - $85 — DESIGN DESTINATIONS The Visitor Center Museum Store and Hearthside Museum Store, located inside the fort, offer a variety of apparel, “Your kids are going to have unique mementos, gifts and publications. fun while getting educated.” Colonial Michilimackinac is handicap accessible and “History truly comes alive at the welcomes well-behaved pets. There is no smoking on site. fort, and memories are made.” — FOX 17 GRAND RAPIDS Location Colonial Michilimackinac is located within Michilimackinac State Park on the shore of Lake Michigan, just off I-75 in “This is a great activity to do on the Mackinaw City. Visitor’s Center entrance is under the Mackinac mainland. Great for every age group!” Bridge at 102 W. Straits Ave., Mackinaw City, MI 49701. — TRIPADVISOR REVIEW For more information call: Weekdays (231) 436-4100 | Weekends (906) 847-3328 Purchase tickets online and save! mackinacparks.com #thisismackinac © 2019 Mackinac Island State Park Commission Revolutionary Times Join French voyageurs and Native Americans as they demonstrate their way of life. The past and present blur into a fascinating and unmatched experience at Colonial Michilimackinac. Watch smoke billow from cannons, mortars and muskets fired by British soldiers and help colonial women prepare food and tend the garden. At one of the longest ongoing archaeological excavations in North America, archaeologists are on site throughout the summer, pulling history from the soil bit by bit. reasures from the pastThis come to life at this isLocated Mackinac on the shore of the Straits of Mackinac, T18th-century fort and fur trading village. Colonial Michilimackinac offers visitors stunning As you walk through Colonial Michilimackinac, views of the Mackinac Bridge, the straits and you are stepping back in time to 1776, when the the Upper Peninsula from its palisade walls. American Revolution spread. Reconstructed Guests can also enjoy a shoreline picnic near based on historic maps and 60 years of the Kids’ Rendezvous playground or buy archaeological excavations that continue today, unique gifts, books and apparel from the Colonial Michilimackinac offers a one-of-a-kind two museum stores. experience from artillery and musket firings to hearth cooking and crafts to more than 5,000 square feet of gardens..
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