Last updated: 2/27/2012
Midland, Michigan
Street Address
3417 W. Main Street
Midland, MI 48640
Mailing Address
1801 W St Andrews
Midland, MI 48640
phone: 989-631-5930 x1310
e-mail: Skory@mcfta.org
web: www.mcfta.org

Hours

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Please check www.mcfta.org for ticket office hours.
ALDEN B. DOW MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & ART
FALL/WINTER HOURS: LABOR DAY THRU MEMORIAL DAY
Wednesday, Friday - Saturday
10 AM - 4 PM
Thursday
10 AM - 8 PM
Sunday
1 PM - 5 PM
Monday - Tuesday
closed
CLOSED on major holidays; CLOSED December 24 thru January 4
HERITAGE PARK: Herbert D. Doan Midland County History Center
Bradley Home tour hours: 11 am, 1 pm & 3 pm
Sunday - Wednesday
closed
Thursday - Saturday
11 AM - 4 PM
CLOSED for Winter starting November 1
ALDEN B. DOW MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & ART
SUMMER HOURS: MEMORIAL DAY THRU LABOR DAY
Sunday - Monday
closed
Tuesday - Wednesday, Friday - Saturday
10 AM - 4 PM
Thursday
10 AM - 8 PM
CLOSED on major holidays
HERITAGE PARK: Research Library
Public Hours: or by appointment
Thursday
1 PM - 3 PM
CLOSED on major holidays

Admissions

$5.00 adults, $3.00 children

Staff

Gary F. Skory
phone: 989-631-5930 x1310
Description

At Heritage Park the story of Midland County is available for all to enjoy. The park is a unique mix of state-of-the-art archival and multi-purpose facilities, in a pleasant campus setting close to downtown Midland and the Pere Marquette Rail Trail. Heritage Park includes the Herbert D. Doan Midland County History Center, the Herbert H. Dow Historical Museum, and the 1874 Bradley Home Museum and Carriage House.

Artifact Collections

The Collections consists of objects that were made or prodominately used in Midland County, Michigan. The artifacts range from pioneer's household wares, to farming equipment, to Dow Chemical and Dow Corning, to everyday objects used over the past 120 years.

Research Collections

Our Research Library is open to the public on Thursday from 11 am - 4pm or by appointment. It includes a wide array of unusual and interesting secondary material, which is of value to genealogists, students, authors and others. For more information contact Gary Skory at Skory@mcfta.org, contact number (989)631-5930 x 1300 or 989-631-5930 x1300.

Educational Programs

We offer specialized tours of the Heritage Park for groups and schools. For more information or to reserve a group tour, please call (989) 631-5930 ex 1311 or email bagnall@mcfta.org.

Library
Access: General Public, Students, Scholars
Appointment required: No
Publications

Then & Now Newsletter
Midland Logs
ADA
Wheelchair Accessible
Exhibitions
Museum Events
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