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Come join us for the 23nd
Annual Fire Museum Seminar
Michigan Firehouse Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan • June 22– 26, 2011
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Schedule • Hotel
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The Michigan Firehouse Museum is happy to host this year’s annual Fire Museum Network Conference in Ypsilanti, Michigan! Networking with other fire museums across the country provides enriching opportunities to exchange ideas, concerns, and questions. It also allows participants to make personal observations about other exhibits and collections, which in turn strengthens each of our resources and makes our museums more dynamic and engaging to our community constituents.
General Ypsilanti information:
The city of Ypsilanti is located approximately forty-five minutes west of Detroit, and only twenty minutes from Detroit Metropolitan Airport. A city of approximately twenty thousand, Ypsilanti boasts a rich heritage as well as a diverse population. Ypsilanti will provide attendees with a variety of dining options, as well as beautiful architectural sights and landscapes.
We encourage you to review the registration materials and
REGISTER BEFORE May 22nd!
Wednesday, June 22nd
Wednesday welcomes participants to Ypsilanti! From Detroit Metropolitan Airport, guests can take Michigan Green Cabs to the hotel. Costs for the cabs can be charged to your room.
Registration and informal meet and greet will take place between 4 and 10pm at the Marriott at Eagle Crest. Enjoy some drinks and get to know your fellow conference attendees!
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Thursday, June 23rd
Thursday will conclude registration at the hotel with breakfast on your own.
Buses will then take participants to the Toledo Fire Museum in Toledo, Ohio where we will enjoy a tour of the 1920s fire station which has been serving as a museum since 1976. Ypsilanti’s Sidetracks is the suggested lunch for the day. Located in historic Depot Town, it has been voted as having the best burger numerous years in a row!
After lunch, buses will take guests to the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum located in the original Ann Arbor fire station, circa 1880s. The fire station has been added-to and converted into a children’s science museum.
Dinner will be provided at the Michigan Firehouse Museum, followed up with a tour of the facilities by Curator, Matt Lee. We have both a museum and a storage building.
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Friday, June 24th
Buses will leave at 8am from the Marriott and take participants to the Ford Factory Rouge Assembly Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The Ford Rouge Factory Tour is a self-guided five-part experience that includes: Legacy Theater, Art of Manufacturing Theater, Observation Deck, Dearborn Truck Plant and the Legacy Gallery.
Conference attendees will then travel to The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village where they will get to experience one of the largest history museums in the country.
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Saturday, June 25th
Saturday will provide attendees with a variety of educational seminars:
8am – Shipping Your Fire Engine, Safety and Security by Brian Brown
9am – Machine and Upholstery by Ryan and Lynda DeVries
11am – Gold Leafing Techniques by Ken Soderbeck
Lunch will be catered and provided at the Michigan Firehouse Museum.
Catering will include spaghetti, salad, veggies, rolls and drinks.
1:30 – Museum Lighting and Hardware by David Steinitz
Lighting hardware is changing – Don’t plan around your current product.
3:30 – A variety of topics involving museum practices, exhibits, and procedures will be discussed. Attendees are encouraged to bring their questions and ideas as a roundtable format will be utilized.
4:30 – Vehicle Preservation by Bruce Phillips and Mike Riszka
Topics from leather craft to oil for your trucks.
Dinner is on your own and a list of possible restaurants and food options will be handed out.
Join us again at 8pm for a seminar discussion regarding Fundraising Strategies.
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Sunday, November 2nd-- Optional-Optional Day Trips
Weather permitting the Michigan Firehouse Museum will be hosting a mini-muster in Riverside Park. Some of the activities will include:
• Pump a Hand-tub
• Go up in an aerial bucket
• Tiller an Aerial
• Carry water buckets
• Play a hose stream
• Many photo opportunities!
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Your Host -- the Michigan Firehouse Museum, in Ypsilanti, Michigan The Michigan Firehouse Museum is located in an original firehouse constructed in 1898, and used by the City of Ypsilanti Fire Department until 1975. The historic fire station was purchased by the Weaver family in 1998 and was incorporated as a 501c3 in 2000. In 2002 the museum was expanded by the addition of a 10,000 square foot wing, which now houses a variety of rotating historic fire apparatus. The Michigan Firehouse Museum’s current exhibits focus on the history of firefighting in the state of Michigan and firefighting technology with a special emphasis on Ypsilanti because of our historic building location. Plans are underway for the development of additional educational programs and children’s exhibits focusing on fire safety and prevention. The museum is still collecting firefighting equipment and related archival materials and our collections currently include fire truck, extinguishers, bells, helmets, toys and more. Some of the Michigan Firehouse Museum’s collection includes apparatus from the colonial period until the 1980s. We also house 25 bells, 50 apparatus, 100 lights and sirens, 200 pieces of Smokey the Bear memorabilia and over 300 fire engine name plates.
The Host Hotel -- Marriott at Eagle Crest
The host hotel for the Fire Museum Seminar is the "Marriott at Eagle Crest" located at 1275 South Huron Street Ypsilanti, MI. Nestled on 135 acres of championship golf, this premier Ann Arbor, Michigan hotel is conveniently located near the Detroit Metro Airport and offers a tranquil park setting resort-style amenities. Guests enjoy spacious Ann Arbor Ypsilanti hotel accommodations featuring touches of Marriott's finest, including Revive Bedding and sleek, contemporary furnishings.
The resort is offering a FMN Special of $99/night. Please use the code: "FMNFMNA"
Call: 1-800-MARRIOTT or visit their website:
Marriott at Eagle Crest - Ypsilanti, MI
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwys?groupCode=fmnfmna&app=resvlink&fromDate=6/21/11&toDate=6/27/11
Now What?
Registration for this year's Fire Museum Seminar, is $235 and includes all the seminars, handouts, admission and transportation into seven area museums and destinations, and two meals (Thursday dinner, and Saturday lunch). If you register BEFORE MAY 22, we will offer a DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION rate of $195.
- Before May 22nd -- Download and print the registration information.
We have saved this year's Fire Museum Seminar Registration Form as a "pdf" document. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to open this file.
2011 Fire Museum Seminar Registration Form.pdf
Download, fill out, and return this registration form
(with a check payable to the Michigan Firehouse Museum) to:
Michigan Firehouse Museum
110 West Cross Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48194
Want more information, download a brief one-page schedule at-a-glance agenda for the seminar, and some area maps: FMN2011_Sched_Maps.pdf
- Before May 22nd - Make your hotel reservations at the
Marriott at Eagle Crest
1275 South Huron Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 487-2000
The resort is offering a FMN Special of $99/night.
Please use the code: "FMNFMNA"
Call: 1-800-MARRIOTT or visit their website:
Marriott at Eagle Crest - Ypsilanti, MI
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwys?groupCode=fmnfmna&app=resvlink&fromDate=6/21/11&toDate=6/27/11
- Make Air Reservations to Detroit Metropolitan Airport
(less than 20 minutes from Ypsilanti)
Still Have Questions?
Contact your seminar hosts at the
Michigan Firehouse Museum
110 West Cross Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48194
Phone: (734) 547-0663
http://www.michiganfirehousemuseum.org
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