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.
Museum Staff
Christine Witulski
Matt Klimczak
Tina Schultz
Nicole Page
Sarah Honeycutt
Board of Trustees
Gary Goren (President)
1st Term: 2020 – 2023
Clarence “Tuffy” Cross
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
Claudia Chapman
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
Sue Stender (Treasurer)
1st Term: 2019 – 2022
Mike Beaulac (V.P.)
1st Term: 2020 – 2023
Janet Young
2nd Term: 2019 - 2022
Jim Conboy
2nd Term: 2020 – 2023
Jim Johnson
2nd Term: 2019 – 2022
Jon Gougeon
1st Term: 2023
Dan Florip
1st Term: 2022 - 2025
Michelle Miller
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
Ashley Peterson (Secretary)
1st Term: 2021 – 2024
Sara Winter
1st Term: 2022 – 2025
Julie Austin
1st Term: 2022 – 2025