Open: 2nd Sundays & 3rd Fridays, 1-4 pm
Closed: Holiday weekends and when a GWBHS program is elsewhere.
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Open: 2nd Sundays and 3rd Fridays, 1-4 pm
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Open House
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 1-4 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road
Indigenous peoples are known to have lived in West Bloomfield at the time of the first official survey in 1817. Presentation at 2 and 3pm: Come learn more about Okemos, an Indigenous man who was born and raised on a local island.
“I was born in Michigan, near Pontiac, on an island in a lake. From that time to the time of the treaty I lived at Okemos City, near Lansing. I was 30 years old when I left the place where I was born.”
Open House
Friday, October 17, 2025, 1-4 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road
Permanent exhibits interpret local area history and culture.
Orchard Lake Nature Sanctuary Autumn Nature Walk
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 2-3 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Nature Sanctuary, 4700 Pontiac Trail
Join naturalist Carol Fink for a walk through rolling terrain and explore seasonal autumn beauty. Sponsored with Orchard Lake Nature Sanctuary.