Kimball, Michigan, United States
Today, we drove back into Port Huron and visited the Carnegie Museum and the Huron Lightship.
The Carnegie Museum (third stop of four stops on our Port Huron Museums passport) is located in what was originally a library that was built with a donation of the Carnegie Institute. The not-for-profit that now operates the museum has been renovating the building and has one area left to complete the renovation. The second story of the building contains art in different media from local artists. The third floor has several interesting displays, models, and stories associated with the men and ships that traversed the Great Lakes and the St. Clair River. There is also an area that contains several musical instruments played by local groups in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
From there we drove back toward the river and took a tour of the Huron Lightship (the fourth stop). We were fortunate to get our own docent (Coast Guard, retired) who gave us an excellent tour of the ship that was kept like it was when in use. In addition to many interesting statistics, information, and explanations how things worked, he also included stories of life of the men on the ship. Of the four stops on the passport they offer, this one and the Fort Gratiot Light Station where the most informative and interesting. The Thomas Edison Depot Museum and the Carnegie Museum were interesting, but not as much as these two.
Before we returned to the coach, we stopped at a produce stand near the entrance to the RV park and picked up some fresh corn, squash, and tomatoes. They looked very good. We will find out later if they taste as good as they look.
Kay harris
2017-07-30
Good pictures. Sounds pretty interesting.