The Empire Area Museum celebrates Heritage Day this year on Saturday, from 1 to 4 p.m. with old-time music and old-fashioned arts and crafts and tricks and treats.
The entire Empire Area Museum complex will be opened on Heritage Day, including the main museum and store, the one-room schoolhouse, the firehose house, and the Billy Beeman Barn. Must-see exhibits include the turn-of-the-century Empire saloon and kitchen, the blacksmith and woodworking shops, the railroad and lumbering exhibits, and several old-time vehicles, including horse-drawn wagons and sleighs, early motor cars, and an authentic 1956 Sleeping Bear Dunesmobile.
The museum’s newest acquisition — the original butcherblock table from the old Deering grocery store — is on display in the Billy Beeman Barn.
