FLUSHING AREA MUSEUM

FLUSHING, MI

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Flushing Area Museum is an educational and cultural institution located in the town of Flushing, Michigan. The museum aims to preserve and promote the rich history and cultural heritage of the Flushing area. The museum is housed in a beautiful historic building that was originally built as a school in the early 1900s. The building has been restored and renovated to serve as a museum and community center.

The Flushing Area Museum has a diverse collection of artifacts, documents, and photographs that tell the story of Flushing's history from its early settlement to the present day. The museum has several exhibits that showcase the history of the town, including displays on agriculture, industry, education, and local sports teams. The museum also has a large collection of genealogical records and resources that can be used by visitors to research their family history.

In addition to its exhibits, the Flushing Area Museum also hosts a variety of educational programs and events throughout the year. These programs include lectures, workshops, and guided tours of the museum's exhibits. The museum is open to the public and is a popular destination for tourists, students, and local residents who are interested in learning more about the history and culture of the Flushing area.

FLUSHING AREA MUSEUM is a Uncategorized or General Museum in FLUSHING MI. US MID #8402600146

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).

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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 &quot;Little Bavaria&quot;. 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.

Contact FLUSHING AREA MUSEUM

telephone: 8104870814
website: http://flushinghistorical.org

FLUSHING AREA MUSEUM
431 W MAIN ST
FLUSHING
MI
48433

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MID #	8402600146
Name	FLUSHING AREA MUSEUM
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Classification	Uncategorized or General Museums, , Midwest
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LAT/LONG	43.062419, -83.861864
CODES	FIPS State Code: 26 FIPS County Code: 049 US Census Tract: 010604 US Census Block: 1009