Step inside these five buildings of Historic Downtown Mackinac and experience a time that isn’t so long gone, at least not on Mackinac Island.

Smell hearty stew cooking over an open hearth; run your hands over wool strands on a spinning wheel; hear the clanging of a blacksmith’s hammer as steel meets steel, and then try it yourself.  Take time to smell the herb garden; ask questions; see original 18th-century French-Canadian architecture; hear the story of an accidental shooting that lead to a groundbreaking medical discovery.  It all happened here—in these actual buildings.  Make your story as unique as these buildings and the many experiences within them. Located on Mackinac Island.  Closed for the season.

Included in admission to Fort Mackinac and The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum.

Phone: (906) 847-3328

Now accepting applications for the 2012 season. Visit our employment page for more information.

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