VOTE YES!
MAY 6, 2025
PROTECT OUR HISTORICAL COLLECTION EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN IMPROVE ACCESS FOR SENIORS AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL PHYSICAL MOBILTY NEEDS MAINTAIN FREE ENTRANCE FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS ANNUAL AUDIT OF TAX DOLLAR EXPENDITURES
VOTE YES!
PRESERVE MUSKEGON COUNTY'S HISTORY, EDUCATE OUR KIDS, AND IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR SENIORS AND THE DISABLED!
Muskegon County residents are proud of our history. That’s why the Muskegon Museum of History & Science and Lakeshore Museum Center FAMILY OF MUSEUMS has been preserving our artifacts and stories since 1937.
More than 80 years later, it is time to make an investment in our public museum buildings that will protect our historical collection, expand educational opportunities for our children, and improve access for seniors and those with special physical mobility needs.
By voting YES on the Preserve Muskegon’s History county museum millage on May 6th, you can help make this possible while also maintaining free entrance for ALL COUNTY FAMILIES and requiring every tax dollar spent is subject to a transparent annual audit.
PRESERVE OUR HISTORY
From Whitehall, Montague, and Fruitland Township to Fruitport, Norton Shores, Casnovia, and beyond, our Lakeshore Museum Center family of museums preserve the fascinating history of Muskegon County.
Voting YES on this public investment will create safe, accessible facilities for our artifacts and ensure our buildings can continue educating the community into the future. We deserve quality museum facilities that also increase tourism and economic activity for our county.
FOR OUR KIDS: MORE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Voting YES on this millage will allow the Lakeshore Museum Center to expand its public exhibit space and modernize our educational programs for the thousands of school-aged children who visit our museums.
FOR OUR SENIORS AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED: MAKE FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE
Voting YES will help us make building improvements that ensure the Muskegon.
Museum of History & Science is physically accessible to all visitors, including seniors and those in our community living with a disability.
FREE ADMISSION FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS
We believe everyone should have access to our history. That is why the museum will remain free to all Muskegon County residents under this plan. This is your museum, and we’re dedicated to making it the best it can be.
PROTECT EVERY TAX DOLLAR
Voting YES will ensure that every tax dollar invested in this community project will be audited yearly and transparently posted online to ensure no funds will be spent on daily operations or otherwise misspent. We will always respect your investment in this project.
ABOUT THE LAKESHORE MUSEUM CENTER CONSTRUCTION MILLAGE
During the upcoming absentee and early voting periods that conclude on Election Day, May 6th, 2025, county voters can preserve Muskegon County’s history for our kids, seniors and community by voting to approve a reasonable 0.31 mill construction millage that would cost just $31 per year on a home valued at $100,000.
Your support will help our community build permanent new museum space at the Muskegon Museum of History and Science, renovate current space to properly house the Muskegon County Archive & Collection, and create educational exhibits our children, seniors, and families can benefit from for decades to come.
- Create modern educational spaces for Muskegon County’s K-12 students
- Make facilities ADA-compliant, allowing everyone to enter through the front door
- Build secure space for Muskegon County’s irreplaceable historical collection and increase public access
THE BALLOT LANGUAGE
“Shall the county of Muskegon, Michigan be authorized to levy annually an amount not to exceed point three one mill, which is a new additional millage, against all taxable property within Muskegon County for a period of twenty years for the purpose of constructing new museum space, renovating the existing museum, updating exhibits and purchasing furniture, fixtures and equipment for the Muskegon Museum of History and Science, which is part of the Lakeshore Museum Center, and any other museum purpose authorized by law? The estimate of the revenue Muskegon County will collect if the millage is approved and levied in the first year is approximately one point nine million dollars. By law, a portion of the millage may be subject to capture by brownfield redevelopment authorities and those authorities governed by the Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act including downtown development authorities and local financial development authorities in the County of Muskegon”
ABOUT THE LAKESHORE MUSEUM CENTER
The Lakeshore Museum Center provides visitors with a variety of unique ways to experience Muskegon’s history through multiple exhibits, programs, and special events. The Center includes the Muskegon Museum of History & Science; the Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business & Industry; the Muskegon Historic Sites that include the Hackley and Hume Historic Site, Scolnik House of the Depression Era, the Fire Barn Museum and the Muskegon County Archive & Collection.
Whether you’re taking a 400-million-year journey through time, exploring a Victorian mansion, or witnessing a steam engine power a 1900s factory, there’s something for everyone at one of our seven unique locations. Muskegon County’s fascinating history is told through exciting exhibits, hands-on activities, and education exhibits.
Paid for by the Committee for the Future of Muskegon’s History, 895 4th Street, Muskegon, MI 49440.
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Paid for by the Committee for the Future of Muskegon’s History, 895 4th Street, Muskegon, MI 49440