Open: Twice monthly on Sundays, 1-4 pm
Closed: Holiday weekends and when a GWBHS program is elsewhere.
** Please note: Please check event locations carefully and check this page for the latest updates. **
**GWBHS has a new Open House schedule January – April 2025!**
Open: Twice monthly on Sundays, 1-4 pm
Traditional Ice Harvesting Open House
Sunday, January 12, 2025, 1-4 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road
See traditional ice harvesting methods and tools. Come make an ice cone and see our permanent exhibits that interpret local area history and culture!
Open House
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 1-4 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road
Permanent exhibits interpret local area history and culture.
Annual Meeting & Presentation – “Michigan POW Camps in World War II”
Saturday, January 25, 2025, 10 am-12 pm
WB Library Main Meeting Room, 4600 Walnut Lake Road
Dr. Gregory Sumner, Professor of History at the University of Detroit Mercy, will discuss his book Michigan POW Camps in World War II. It tells the fascinating – but largely forgotten – story of the 6,000 captured German and Italian soldiers who lived and worked in our state between 1943-1946. Sponsored with West Bloomfield Library.