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Museum Hours
The Center is open Wednesday-Saturday, 12 Noon - 4 p.m.
and on the 1st Sunday of the month, 2-4 p.m. Flexible scheduling is
available to groups with advance reservations.
Events
Women's History Month
Reception
Thursday, March 1, 5:30-7:30
p.m.
Kick-off Women's History Month with a celebration at the Michigan Women's Hall
of Fame. We're celebrating the accomplishments of Michigan women with the
presentation of the new 2011 inductee plaques in the Hall of
Fame gallery and by opening a new exhibit 40 Women Who Dared: Michigan Women
and Politics. We will also hold the drawing for the 3rd Annual MWHOF Raffle
drawing at 7 p.m. Get your tickets online at
www.michiganwomenshalloffame.org or by calling 517-484-1880 x203. Free admission and refreshments provided.
Exhibits
40 Women Who Dared:
Michigan Women in Politics
Details to be announced.
Treasures
This exhibit features works
created by the Birmingham Society of Women Painters.
Not Just a Man's War:
Michigan Women and the Civil War
In celebration of the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War, discover the unique contributions made by Michigan
women. Michigan women were on the frontline during the Civil War serving as as
nurses in hospitals and on the battlefield. Some bold women even disguised
themselves as men to serve in battle. And then there is the story of the home
front, which did not remain static during the four long years of war. Women took
on new roles and responsibilities left behind by men: they ran businesses,
tended farms, raised families, and sent their support in the form of supplies,
letters, and money-- often not knowing the condition of their soldier husband,
father, sweetheart, brother, or son.
The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame features more than 250 historical and contemporary women of
Michigan who have been inducted since 1983. Exhibit cases display items related
to the newest class of inductees and highlighting individuals in the Hall of
Fame.
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