Michigan

Michigan Archaeology Month takes place in October. Information is posted on the following Web site in August: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17445_19273_19325---,00.html

Chippewa Nature Center
Visitors of the Chippewa Nature Center can enjoy the wildlife of this preserve in addition to a number of recreated historic sites. The center has also been a site of ongoing archaeological research, and the visitor center features some of the artifacts recovered from the area. Wampum beads, firearm fragments and metal buttons are just some of the discoveries on the grounds of the nature center. It features events year-round, including a sugaring festival in March, so check their website and their calendar of upcoming activities at: http://www.chippewanaturecenter.com/index.htm

The Van Andel Museum Center of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids
The Van Andel Museum Center of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids offers many exhibits including F is for Fossils. F is for Fossils features remains of extinct Michigan ice age mammals, casts of dinosaur fossils, and fossilized remains of strange forms of marine life that existed hundreds of millions of years ago when a shallow saltwater sea covered much of the Midwest. For more information, call 616-456-3977, or visit its Web site at: www.grmuseum.org.

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