Dexter Area Historical Society & Museum

3443 Inverness Street, Dexter, Michigan 48130

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• Gordon Hall

• Support 

• The museum receives the generous support of the Dexter Area Historical Society and the Heritage Guild. Members of the DAHS help staff and maintain the museum. Also, each March the DAHS sponsors the Pioneer Craft Fair, a major fund raising event for the museum.
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  The museum also enjoys the support of the Dexter Heritage Guild. The DHG sponsors a Christmas Bazaar and the semiannual Antique Appraisal Clinic featuring Mr. Joseph DuMouchelle. Both events are important fund raisers for the museum.

Volunteers Needed

We still need volunteers to help out with some special projects at Gordon Hall.  If a service club, group or individual would like to donate their time on a variety of projects- please contact Jennifer Colby at 660-4083.

Dexter Area Historical Society Meetings

The Dexter Area Historical Society meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM in the Museum.

Genealogical Department

The museum's Genealogical Department is contains a limited collection of local family genealogies, including that of the village's founder, Judge Samuel W. Dexter. Local Protestant church records are archived at the museum. A card file is maintained on recent deaths and other events in Dexter and environs.

We have a collection of cemetery readings for the Dexter area includng, Forest Lawn cemetery, St. Andrews cemetery, St. Joseph's cemetery, and smaller cemeteries in Webster, Dexter, Lima, Scio, and Lyndon townships.  Click here to request a reading via e-mail.

Appointments to meet with the genealogist and use the archives are encouraged. Inquiries and appointments to use the department can be made by writing to the museum at the address above or by e-mail.

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