MICHIGAN'S OWN MILITARY AND SPACE MUSEUM

FRANKENMUTH, MI

LSRC Y102-30 - South McGrew LSRC 6352 leads MMRR grain loads from Paines southbound for CSX in Wixom.
LSRC Y102-30 - South McGrew Credit: Cadden Zank

Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum is located in Frankenmuth, MI and is a must-visit destination for history and space enthusiasts. The museum houses an impressive collection of military and space artifacts that span over several decades of American history.

Visitors to the museum can explore over 50,000 square feet of exhibit space that is dedicated to showcasing various military installations, aircraft, vehicles, and weapons. The museum also has a separate section dedicated to space exploration, which includes space suits, rockets, and other memorabilia from NASA's space missions.

One of the highlights of the museum is a replica of the Apollo Lunar Module that was used during the Apollo 15 mission. Visitors can walk inside the replica and experience what it was like to be on the moon.

The museum also has a gift shop that sells souvenirs, books, and other items related to military and space history.

Overall, Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum is a great place to learn about American military and space history. The museum is open year-round, and admission fees are reasonable, making it accessible to everyone.

MICHIGAN'S OWN MILITARY AND SPACE MUSEUM is a Uncategorized or General Museum in FRANKENMUTH MI. US MID #8402600081

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

LSRC Y102-30 - South McGrew LSRC 6352 leads MMRR grain loads from Paines southbound for CSX in Wixom.
May 20, 2023: The "Bavarian Belle" docked at Frankenmuth, Michigan We're in Frankenmuth, Michigan; the <i>Bavarian Belle</i> is boarding passengers for its 6:30 PM tour, and I'm rushing across the bridge toward the dock at the north end of the RiverPlace Shops complex before I get left behind. Built in 1981, this charming Victorian-style paddlewheel steamer plied the Mississippi for nearly 20 years before its purchase and restoration by its present owners. Nowadays, it offers pleasant 45-minute sightseeing cruises along the Cass River to summer-season visitors to Michigan's "Little Bavaria".
May 19, 2023: Zehnder's and the Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth, Michigan Facing each other across Main Street at the south end of downtown Frankenmuth, Michigan are Zehnder's <i>(left background)</i> and the Bavarian Inn <i>(right foreground)</i>, two longstanding titans of the local hospitality industry that each represent discrete chapters in the storied saga of the Zehnder family, who more than any other was responsible for putting the town on the tourist map as Michigan's "Little Bavaria". It all started in 1929, when family patriarch William Zehnder, Sr. purchased the erstwhile Exchange Hotel and renamed it after himself - but it was across the street at the Bavarian Inn (our dinner destination for tonight) where the essential ingredients of today's Frankenmuth tourist experience were born. After a few formative years spent working at Zehnder's under the tutelage of his father and his uncle Ernie, it was William, Jr. who struck out on his own in 1950 with his purchase not only of the old Fischer Hotel across the street, but also the secret recipe for golden fried chicken that had earned previous owner Elmer Fischer considerable renown. Although chicken dinners remained Fischer's biggest draw, business was initially slow - the effect, experts said, of two essentially identical competing businesses operating in the same small town - and Zehnder soon found himself deeply in debt. Rather than throw in the towel, however, he took a gamble on the idea that a larger market was out there, and hatched a plan to help remake Frankenmuth as a regional tourist destination, playing up the Bavarian ancestry of the majority of the townsfolk. In 1958, Zehnder enlisted Chicago-based designer Robert Lederer to help remodel the place in an eye-catching mock-Alpine motif, and upon its reopening, the newly rechristened Bavarian Inn successfully set the town on the trend that endures to this day. The operation has since expanded to the scale of a full-fledged resort, but if all you're after is a family-style meal of fried chicken and/or hearty Teutonic comfort food, the original Inn (or, for that matter, the original Zehnder's across the street, with whom it's engaged in a good-natured rivalry) still serves it up in style.
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MICHIGAN'S OWN MILITARY AND SPACE MUSEUM
652 WILLOW LN
FRANKENMUTH
MI
48734

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MID # 8402600081
Name MICHIGAN'S OWN MILITARY AND SPACE MUSEUM
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Classification Uncategorized or General Museums, , Midwest
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LAT/LONG 43.33265, -83.748769
CODES FIPS State Code: 26
FIPS County Code: 145
US Census Tract: 011300
US Census Block: 2053