Programs and Events
CURRENT EVENTS
2008 Annual Membership Meeting Thursday, May 1, 2008 Admission is $22.00 per person
Call to make your reservation.
6:00-7:30 P.M. Heavy Hors d'oeuvres
7:30 P.M. Program
Executive Director Kenneth Pott will offer an illustrated presentation on Great Lakes shipwrecks and the valuable insights they can offer on maritime history. The program will be highlighted by underwater views of a schooner lost in 1891 while en route to Benton Harbor and a sample of the remarkably well preserved artifacts recovered by archaeologists from the site.
Michigan City Lights: A Celebration of 150 Years
On Wednesday, May 14, at 7:00 pm, The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center will offer a program entitled, "Michigan City Lights: A Celebration of 150 Years." Brian Forist, who is a docent at the Old Lighthouse Museum and member of the Michigan City Historical Society's Board of Directors, will present the program. He will focus on the history of lighthouses in Michigan City and stories of this important port's maritime heritage. Featured will be information about Michigan City's most noted light keeper, Miss Harriet Colfax, who tended the lights from her appointment in 1861 until her retirement at age 80 in 1904. The 1858 structure has been preserved and is now home to the Michigan City Historical Society's Old Lighthouse Museum.
This program is part of The Heritage's annual Public Program Series and looks forward to the upcoming exhibit, "Working Waterfronts: Planning and Preserving the Maritime Traditions of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor." The program is free for members of The Heritage and $5.00 for non-members. The Heritage is located at 601 Main Street, St. Joseph. Please call 269-983-1191 for more information.
2008 EVENTS
Lost and Found! Shipwreck Tales of West
Michigan-Thursday March 20th
Aquatic Invasive Species on the Great Lakes-Thursday February 28th
2007 EVENTS
Historical St. Joseph-Discovering the Past-September 23rd
Heritage Tours oF Southwest Michigan's Fruit Belt-Summer 2007
The Whitcomb Hotel: A Living Legacy-August 22