Besser Museum
is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization.
The Besser Museum is a 501 (c)(3), non-profit, membership corporation stewarded by its own Board of Trustees.
The museum receives no continuing financial support from federal, state, or local government entities or millage.
Operational support is generated through admission fees, membership dues, awarded grants and donations.
Besser Museum is an accrediated museum by the American Alliance of Museums.
Our vision is a community that can explore the dynamic story of Northeast Michigan's interconnected natural resources and cultural heritage
through the ability to navigate the past, illuminate the present, and imagine the future.
Snapshots of the Anishinaabe Way
Individual Topics for Exploration
Dr Cross Discusses Contemporary Native American Youth
Ziibiwing Center Panel
Traditions Young Natives Need to Remember
Ziibiwing Center Panel
Lost Culture
Ziibiwing Center Panel
Discussion on Indigenous Peoples Day
Ziibiwing Center Panel
A Memory Of Growing Up Native
Ziibiwing Center Panel
Raymond Cadotte on The 7 Prophecies
Ziibiwing Center Panel
The Mission of the Ziibwing Center with Curator, William Johnson
"Blood Memory"
Building a Dugout Canoe
Building a Birch Bark Canoe
A Native Lore
