Milan Area Historical Society
Milan Area Historical Society
Milan, Michigan
Membership Benefits
If you love Milan and you like history,
you ought to join (or rejoin) MAHS!
A Milan Area Historical Society (MAHS) membership has many benefits. Besides the
good feeling you get from helping to preserve and promote our history, you also receive:
- Free admission to the Hack House museum
- 10% discount in its gift shop
- Quarterly newsletters that inform you of upcoming events
- And two members-only events (a summer picnic and a Christmas party).
The money that we collect from memberships goes into an operating fund that supports a
variety of purposes. In 2004, for example, that money will help us print MAHS' first
colored postcards; photocopy our newsletters and fliers to promote special events; and buy
inventory for the gift shop. Another portion enables us to continue to employ our new
curator and to pay for basic maintenance of the interior of the Hack House.
To help us tackle some projects that have gone wanting for years --repair of the house's
staircase, for instance, and replacement of water-damaged wallpaper--we've raised
membership dues a bit. But we've also added a 'senior family' category, so taht a senior
couple would pay a dollar less in 2004 than if the'd bought two senior individual
memberships last year.
You'll notice we now have a 'business' category as well. If you own a business, we hope
you'll consider this option in addition to a personal membership.
About a quarter of our members
include something extra with their dues checks.
We appreciate that and encourage others to do the same.
This year, we'll be earmarking those extra funds to support the presevation of the folk-art
mural in the Hack House's original kitchen. It's very rare to find a mural like this in
Michigan, and it's one of the main reasons the house is listed in the National Register of
Historic Places. The cost of cleaning the mural and repairing the plaster walls has been
estimated at nearly $4,000. Though we are seeking grant money to finance this, your help
in matching those funds is definitely needed.
The six categories of MAHS membership are described on the
Membership Application Web Page.
Please review them, pick whichever category is most appropriate for you, and establish/renew
your membership today. If you have any questions, please call MAHS President Bonnie Jurgensen
at (734) 439-7522.
Thank you in advance for your support of Milan and its history!