Fred Vaas on the history of recollections of the configuration of the electric generating system in the Pump House building back 120 years ago. View Video
The Pump House Museum and Learning Center announces a Live Speaker program to be held in the Museum at 7:00pm on Monday, August 16, 2021 Michigan Places in the Negro Motorist Green Book Presented by M. Christine Byron The “Green Book†as it was commonly called, was a travel guide for African American motorists [...]
Lynn Austin Lynn Austin will tell us more about how she approaching writing her novels when she speaks at the Pump House Museum and Learning Center at 7:00pm on July 11, 2019. Lynn Austin is the American author of many Christian fiction novels and holds the record for most Christy Awards won: eight. One of [...]
"The east and west outside doors on the PH are missing!"Not to worry: Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Department, from whom HOBS leases the building, has carefully removed the doors and taken them to their maintenance shop for refinishing. Under the guidance of OCPR's maintenance director, Tom Dorton, the outside faces of the doors will [...]
HOBS is pleased to announce a new exhibit in the Pump House Museum and Learning Center this season While there is no evidence that there was a gift shop in the hotel, our current display of hotel artifacts includes a woman's lipstick which was the clue that there was a shop which offered small items [...]
This year we will be promoting the museum as a venue where outside groups may hold their meetings, parties and special events in the spring and fall. In July and August, we will be open to the public every afternoon seven days a week so that the general public may enjoy the Pump House Museum. [...]
The Pumphouse Museum and Learning Center announces first of its “Summer Event Series†The Pumphouse Museum and Learning Center announces the first of its “Summer Event Series†presentations which will feature John Gronberg, President, Holland Harbor Historic Lighthouse Commission and Valerie VanHeest, principal of Lafferty and VanHeest. The presentation is entitled: “Big Red: Everything You [...]
