Monday, October 13

Morning 

• Visit the Michigan State Capitol (8am-5pm)
  
• Capitol Heritage Hall Exhibits and Collections Tour (9am, Registration Required)
  
• Visit the Historical Society of Greater Lansing (9am-12pm)
  
• Visit the Michigan History Museum (10am-4pm)
  

Afternoon

• Visit the Michigan State Capitol (8am-5pm)
  
• Rally 'Round the Flags: Michigan Civil War Battle Flags Collection Tour (1pm, Registration Required)
  
• Capitol - Hall of Justice Tour (1pm, Registration Required)
• Capital Area District Libraries Local History Collections Tour (1pm, Registration Required)
• Visit the Historical Society of Greater Lansing (1-4pm)
  
• Visit the Michigan History Museum (10am-4pm)
  
• Michigan Emerging Museum Professionals (MEMP) Meetup (1-3pm)
  

Wednesday, October 15

Afternoon

• Visit the Michigan State Capitol (1-5pm)
  
• Michigan State Capitol Art Collections Tour (1pm, Registration Required)
  
• "Church and State" Historical and Architectural Walking Tour (1pm, Registration Required)
  
• Visit the Michigan History Museum (10am-4pm)
  
• Visit the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum (1-4pm)
  
• Open House at Meridian Historical Village & Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center (1-4pm)

Visit the Michigan State Capitol 
100 North Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933

Monday, October 13
8am-5pm

Wednesday, October 15

1-5pm

Drop in to see your historic Michigan State Capitol! Dedicated in 1879, the Capitol is a National Historic Landmark while still the functioning seat of state government. Guided and self-guided tours are available to visitors. Enter through Heritage Hall to view exhibits and join guided tours. Show your conference nametag for entry.

Parking and Instructions: Parking is not provided by the Capitol. City of Lansing parking consists of on-street parking in the blocks surrounding the Capitol with kiosk payment (pay by plate) and the Passport Parking App. Hourly rate varies from $0.75 to $1.50. Flat rate parking is available in various parking structures and surface lots throughout downtown.  One handicapped parking space is located on the north Capitol annex on Ottawa Street, please press the call button at the gate to enter.

Accessibility: Fully accessible by stairs and elevators. Wheelchairs available upon request. The large doors atop the main exterior steps on all sides are closed. Main entry is on the ground floor or Heritage Hall. For ground floor entry, please proceed to the east (front) side of the building and find the doors beneath the large front steps. Visitors to the Capitol and Heritage Hall will pass through a security check.

Capitol Heritage Hall Exhibits and Collections Tour- Registration Required
Heritage Hall, 323 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, MI 48933

Monday, October 13

9am

Please email jmccormick@legislature.mi.gov to register.

This tour of Heritage Hall, the new welcome center at the Michigan State Capitol will take visitors on a guided tour of the facility, discussing its construction, and well as a detailed walk through the hall’s exhibits and a behind the scenes look at the collections storage space, consisting of objects, archives, photographs, and art, led by the Capitol collections team Valerie Marvin, Jacob McCormick, and Brian Page.

Parking and Instructions: Parking is not provided by the Capitol. City of Lansing parking consists of on-street parking in the blocks surrounding the Capitol with kiosk payment (pay by plate) and the Passport Parking App. Hourly rate varies from $0.75 to $1.50. Flat rate parking is available in various parking structures and surface lots throughout downtown.  One handicapped parking space is located on the north Capitol annex on Ottawa Street, please press the call button at the gate to enter. 

Accessibility: Fully accessible by stairs and elevators. Wheelchairs available upon request. The large doors atop the main exterior steps on all sides are closed. Main entry is on the ground floor or Heritage Hall. For ground floor entry, please proceed to the east (front) side of the building and find the doors beneath the large front steps. Visitors to Heritage Hall will pass through a security check.

Visit the Historical Society of Greater Lansing

Rogers-Carrier House, 528 North Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933

Monday, October 13
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm

Visit the Historical Society of Greater Lansing in its new home on the campus of Lansing Community College. Drop in visitors are welcome at the historic 1894 Queen Anne-style Rogers-Carrier House designed by noted Lansing architect Darius B. Moon. This marks the first time that Lansing has a museum dedicated to local history, located on the first floor of the home, and featuring a changing exhibit gallery. Show your conference nametag for entry.

Parking and Instructions: Parking is available on the street. City of Lansing parking consists of a kiosk payment system (pay by plate) and the Passport Parking App. Hourly rate varies from $0.75 to $1.50. Flat rate parking is available in various parking structures and surface lots throughout downtown. 

Accessibility: Handicapped ramp entrance is through the back/side of the building. The whole exhibit space is on the first floor and fully accessible. A public restroom is available.

Michigan History Museum

702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915

Monday, October 13

Wednesday, October 15

10am-4pm

Take a journey through Michigan's rich past, from the time of the state's earliest peoples to the late 20th century. Located in the Michigan Library and Historical Center Building in Lansing, the museum's five floors provide a walk through time, beginning with Michigan's first people's, the Anishinaabe, and ending in the mid-20th century. Self-guided tours are free for MMA members with a conference badge.

Parking: The parking lots that surround our building are $5 per car, at the gate, and can be paid by Visa, Mastercard, or Discover.

Accessibility: Designated accessible parking is available at the barrier-free south entrance of the building.

Rally 'Round the Flags: Michigan Civil War Battle Flags Collection Tour - Registration Required

Begins at Heritage Hall, 323 West Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan 48933

Ends at Michigan History Center, 702 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, Michigan 48933

(group will walk or self-drive to second location during tour)

Monday, October 13

1pm

Please email moyler@legislature.mi.gov to register.

Description: Join Save the Flags Director Matt VanAcker and Conservation Specialists May Oyler and Cambray Baylis in a look at the collection of Michigan Civil War Battle Flags. Enjoy a behind the scenes visit to the Heritage Hall lab where conservation specialists will discuss the techniques they use to care for the flags. Then, view the collection at the Michigan History Center storage space.

Parking and Instructions: Parking is not provided by the Capitol. City of Lansing parking consists of on-street parking in the blocks surrounding the Capitol with kiosk payment (pay by plate) and the Passport Parking App. Hourly rate varies from $0.75 to $1.50. Flat rate parking is available in various parking structures and surface lots throughout downtown.  One handicapped parking space is located on the north Capitol annex on Ottawa Street, please press the call button at the gate to enter.

Accessibility: Fully accessible by stairs and elevators. Wheelchairs available upon request. The large doors atop the main exterior steps on all sides are closed. Main entry is on the ground floor or Heritage Hall. For ground floor entry, please proceed to the east (front) side of the building and find the doors beneath the large front steps. Visitors to Heritage Hall and the Capitol will pass through a security check.

Capitol-Hall of Justice Tour

Begins at Heritage Hall, 323 West Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan 48933; will proceed walking (or self-drive) down the Capitol Mall to the Hall of Justice, 925 West Ottawa Street, Lansing, Michigan 48915.

Monday, October 13
1pm

Join Capitol and Hall of Justice educators for a combo guided tour of the Michigan State Capitol and the Michigan Hall of Justice. Separated by about five blocks down the Capitol Mall, the two buildings collectively represent all three branches of Michigan government. Learn about the work that happens under the two domes and discover the history of the neighborhood displaced for the construction of the Capitol Complex.

No registration required. Show your conference nametag at the start of the tour to join. 

Parking and Instructions: Parking is not provided by the Capitol. City of Lansing parking consists of on-street parking in the blocks surrounding the Capitol with kiosk payment (pay by plate) and the Passport Parking App. Hourly rate varies from $0.75 to $1.50. Flat rate parking is available in various parking structures and surface lots throughout downtown.  One handicapped parking space is located on the north Capitol annex on Ottawa Street, please press the call button at the gate to enter.

Accessibility: Capitol and Hall of Justice are fully accessible by stairs and elevators. Wheelchairs available upon request at the Capitol. The large doors atop the main exterior Capitol steps on all sides are closed. Main entry is on the ground floor or Heritage Hall. For ground floor Capitol entry, please proceed to the east (front) side of the building and find the doors beneath the large front steps. Visitors to both the Capitol and Hall of Justice will need to pass through security check. Hall of Justice visitors will need to show a government issued ID.

Capital Area District Libraries Local History Collections Tour - Registration Required

CADL Downtown Lansing Branch, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI 48933; Take elevator or stairs to basement level to Local History Room.

Monday, October 13
1pm

Please email butlerh@cadl.org to register.

The CADL Local History collections contains more than 4,000 linear feet of archival material and more than 3 terabytes of digital material, in subjects such as the automotive industry, real estate, schools, and personal, business, and government records. Located in a Victorian parlor in CADL’s 1964 mid-century modern building in the heart of downtown Lansing. Join Heidi Butler for a tour of this exemplary example of a local history archive.

Parking and Instructions: Parking is available on the street. City of Lansing parking consists of a kiosk payment system (pay by plate) and the Passport Parking App. Hourly rate varies from $0.75 to $1.50. Flat rate parking is available in various parking structures and surface lots throughout downtown. 

Accessibility: Fully handicapped accessible.