Birmingham Museum

Discover all that the Birmingham Museum has to offer and then some with our interactive app! At the Birmingham Museum, our mission is to tell Birmingham’s story, and there’s a lot to tell! We are always expanding our collection and tour offerings. -select personalized tour experiences complete with interactive maps of sites at the museum and throughout the community. Want to go behind the scenes of our current exhibit? Explore the world of the Allen family who built the Allen House in 1926? See downtown Birmingham through the eyes of Martha Baldwin? Locate the oldest graves in Greenwood Cemetery? Now you can! You can also search the map for what interests you. Choose to experience it all -or just enjoy a small snippet- your personalized experience is in your hands. -Check out our Events Page for upcoming special events and programs -Get info about our hours of operation, special services, admission prices and free parking About the Birmingham Museum: The Birmingham Museum is a municipally operated public institution located in Birmingham, Michigan, with collection objects and archives that pertain to Birmingham's history that are held in the public trust. We are always evolving, and very interested in hearing from you, whether it is a resource you are looking for, suggestion of topics for us to explore, or a program that might meet your need. Our mission statement reflects our values of "people" over "artifacts" in our approach to serving the public interest, and our focus on the story behind the facts. Our site includes the Allen House, built in 1926 by Birmingham’s first mayor and his family, and the Hunter House, built in 1822 and the oldest house in Birmingham and Oakland County. The Allen House contains our changing exhibits and the Hunter House serves as our site for interpreting early pioneer life in the community on the Saginaw Trail. Check out the About Page in the app for our hours, admission and events schedule.