Past Programs & Events
Discover previous Holland Museum talks, demonstrations, and community conversations. Explore by year and revisit program details and available videos.
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2026
Tales from the Archives: The History of Citizenship
October 15, 2026
Coffee with Collections: Delftware
October 5, 2026
Tales from the Archives: President Ford & Holland
September 24, 2026
Tales from the Archives: L Frank Baum: The Real Wizard of Oz
September 17, 2026
Wind Knitting Factory Demonstration
September 12, 2026
Art History Series: Delft Pottery
August 28, 2026
Landverhuizers: Dutch Migration to America, Canada, and Argentina | III
August 27, 2026
Landverhuizers: Dutch Migration to America, Canada, and Argentina | II
August 20, 2026
Landverhuizers: Dutch Migration to America, Canada, and Argentina | I
August 13, 2026
Summer 2026 Internship Showcase!
August 6, 2026
Art History Series: Dutch Vanitas
July 31, 2026
Finding Interesting Family Information: A Lesson in Genealogy
June 16, 2026
Tales from the Archives: The Daughters of Isaac & Jacoba Cappon: Lavina Cappon & Her Sisters
June 4, 2026
Aaron Helman: The Turtle, The Mitten, and An Epic History of Michigan
May 23, 2026
The First Dutch Bulb Travelers: From Holland to America
May 7, 2026
Indigenous Footprints: A Journey with American Indians in Michigan
April 21, 2026
Threads of Heritage: Laotian Community Panel Discussion
March 20, 2026
Coffee with Collections: ARTifacts with Art
March 12, 2026
Coffee with Collections: Historic Valentines
February 12, 2026
Tales from the Archives: The Early History of Christianity in Holland, MI
January 29, 2026
Coffee With Collections: Rembrandt Etching
January 8, 2026
2025
Stories of Service: Vietnam Veteran Panel Discussion
November 20, 2025
The Holland Armory: 100 Years of Service
November 10, 2025
Exploring The Archives: Preserving What Matters
October 8, 2025
Preserving Your Family Stories with Shandra Martinez
August 21, 2025
Summer 2025 Internship Showcase!
August 7, 2025
Full Steam Ahead: The Golden Age of Great Lakes Passenger Steamships
July 31, 2025
Washington Square Project Update: District-level Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places
May 22, 2025
A Historical Novel: The Exodus of Hendrik Peter Scholte
April 26, 2025
Tales from the Archives: The History of Windmill Island
April 24, 2025
Slavery in Dutch New York and the Tools of Historical Research
April 3, 2025
Tracking Migration: Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Ottawa County, 1920-1950
March 27, 2025
An Environmental History of the Macatawa Watershed with Outdoor Discovery Center
February 20, 2025
2024
Tulips, Taverns, and Trees: An Overview of the Holland Museum Dutch Collection
September 26, 2024
Author Visit: "Sunken: Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan" by Kathy Groth
June 21, 2024
Tales from the Archives: Fashionable Furniture and the Cappons
June 17, 2024
The Silenced Killer: AIDS Then and Now
June 17, 2024
Behind Our Walls: Incarceration in Michigan
May 30, 2024
Tales from the Archives, Mentioning Unmentionables
May 16, 2024
Tales from the Archives, Restoring the Cappon House: A Dutch-American Time Capsule
April 11, 2024
Tales from the Archives: Lavina Cappon, Suffrage, and Women's Rights in the Midwest Dutch America
March 7, 2024
Dateline World: Chronicles of a Wasted Freelance
February 29, 2024
Collaborative Journalism as a Means to Counter Misinformation and Build Trusted Communities
February 15, 2024
The Holland Fire on Tik Tok? Tracking Changes in Media,
Journalism, and Local Information Sharing
January 11, 2024
2023
Chat with Holland's Media Personalities Past and Present
December 7, 2023
Tales from the Archives
Behind the Scenes of Holland's Lighthouse:
The History and Maintenance of Big Red
November 9, 2023
Tales from the Archives: The Rediscovered Manuscripts of Ray Nies
November 2, 2023
Tales from the Archives: Michigan County Poor Farms
October 3, 2023
Behind the Scenes with the Holland Museum Summer Interns
August 10, 2023
Tales from the Archives: Rev. George Smith and the Old Wing Mission
July 20, 2023
Tales from the Archives: The History of Tulip Time Dutch Costumes
April 13, 2023
The History and Legacy of 17th-Century Dutch Still Life Painting
June 8, 2023
Meet the Artist Jane Jones: Cultivating Dutch Tradition in the 21st-Century
May 18, 2023
Tales from the Archives:
The History of Holland Woman's Literary Club: 125 Years and Counting
March 9, 2023
Tales from the Archives:
Chief Waukazoo's Band of Odawa Indians with Eric Hemenway
January 12, 2023
2022
Tales from the Archives:
Describing Nature in the 17th Century Dutch Art, Part 2 - Reclaiming Places
November 17, 2022
Tales from the Archives:
Describing Nature in the 17th Century Dutch Art, Part 1 - Tulips and Time
November 10, 2022
A Night at the Holland Museum
November 18, 2022
Holland's Hometown Heroes
November 14, 2022
Tales from the Archives: A Look Back at Albertus Van Raalte
September 8, 2022
Voices of Holland's Women Missionaries
August 25 8, 2022
Summer Intern Council Exhibition Showcase
August 11, 2022
Tales from the Archives—Michigan Beer: A Heady History with Patti Smith
July 21, 2022
Tales from the Archives: A History of Holland's Fire Department
July 7, 2022
Dancing for Our Tribe: Potawatomi Tradition in the New Millennium
June 9 2022
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Panel Discussion
May 19, 2022
Tales from the Archives—Let's Plant Beauty: The Story of Lida Rogers
May 5, 2022
Earth Day at the Holland Museum
April 23, 2022
Warrior Lawyers: A Film by Audrey Geyer
April 14, 2022
Authors Night—Family Program
March 14, 2022
Tales from the Archives—Stepping Up to Lead and Serve:
Women at Hope College During 20th Century Crises
March 10, 2022
Artists Talk: Contemporary Portraits of Native Americans by James Cook
Part 2 of 2
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Extraordinary Black Inventors—Family STEAM Program
February 19, 2022
Artists Talk: Contemporary Portraits of Native Americans by James Cook
Part 1 of 2
February 10, 2022
Tales from the Archives: The Legend of the Black Dutchman
January 20, 2022
2021
Getting Back on Track: Restoring Holland's Pere Marquette Caboose
November 4, 2021
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Tales from the Archives: Research from the Museum Archives
September 23, 2021
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