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.