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Congratulations, Besser Museum
for Northeast Michigan
Congratulations to the
even a World War II
Alpena and Northeast
submarine.
Michigan on the 50th anThe Besser Muniversary of the Besser
seum has its own
Museum for Northeast
treasures as well.
Michigan. Michigan’s
Your museum is the
museums provide jobs
steward of the anchor
and support communities.
from the Pewabic that
They educate children and
sunk in 1865, the last
engage families and
remaining 1911
groups. They preserve and
Alpena Flyer autoshare priceless works of
mobile, a nationally
art and historic artifacts,
recognized collection
and promote scientific exof Native American
ploration and a better unartifacts and five
derstanding of our shared
original Alpena
Michigan culture. There
County historic buildare many types of museings.
ums in our state that work
The museum is acBy Lisa Craig Brisson
to achieve each of those
credited by the AmerMichigan Museums Association
goals. You are so fortuican Alliance of
Executive Director
nate to have a local muMuseums, which is a
seum that achieves ALL
rigorous process to
of them.
ensure the integrity and accessibility of muMuseums and cultural organizations in
seum collections, reinforce the education and
Michigan are responsible for more than 18
public service roles of museums, and propercent of our state’s tourism revenue – more
mote good governance practices and ethical
than golfing, boating, hunting and hiking com- behavior. Only 10 percent of museums nabined. Over 25 million people visited Michitionwide and just 77 of the hundreds of mugan’s museums and cultural organizations in
seums in Michigan have met the criteria for
2012, including almost 3 million students.
accreditation. It is no small feat for the Besser
Michigan museums hold and preserve mil- Museum to have achiev Y ]