2023 Events
We are now open for the 2023 season, we look forward to welcoming you--our visitors, Museum Society members, and loyal volunteers--for another exciting season!
Are you a local looking for events sponsored by Presque Isle community groups or a visitor looking for fun events during your vacation in Presque Isle? Visit the Presque Isle Happenings calendar for all the fun and exciting events in Presque Isle!
Protection by Elisa Schulz
Second Place Juror’s Award, 2022 Presque Isle Lighthouses Photo Contest
Contests
Presque Isle Lighthouses Photo Contest
May 26, 2023 – September 4, 2023
Welcome all photographers, regardless of skill level or experience!
To celebrate the beauty and history of our beautiful historic lighthouses, the Presque Isle Township Museum Society is hosting their annual photo contest. Submit your best photos and help celebrate the beauty and history of these special places.
Photos will be accepted: May 26, 2023 @ 12:01 am – September 4, 2023 @ 11:59pm
People’s Choice Award Online Voting on Facebook: September 7-12
Winners Announced: September 15 - 18
Submit photos to photocontest@presqueislelighthouses.org
Contest Rules
Each photo submitted MUST include the following information:
photographer's name;
title of the photo; and
year the photo was taken.
Minimum of 1200 pixels wide (but the bigger, the better!).
Maximum of three (3) photos of each lighthouse.
All submitted photographs shall accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have been substantially altered will not be accepted, including the combination of two or more photos (composite photos); the addition, duplication, deletion, or moving of objects in the photos; or the use of artistic digital filters and effects. Examples of artistic filters and effects are watercolor, neon glow, posterizing, stained glass, and others which do not show the scene as it occurred when the photo was taken.
We will assume that, in submitting a photo, you are the photographer and own the right to publish it (including permission/model release for anyone identifiably pictured).
By submitting a photo, you are giving us permission to use the photo for non-commercial purposes, such as on our website, on social media, and in other Presque Isle Township Museum Society not-for-profit publications. We will provide credit to photographers whenever we use any of the photos.
Respect privacy and private residences when photographing.
Photos that are submitted without identifying information (photographer, title/subject, date) will not be considered.
Members of the PITMS Board of Directors and their families are excluded from participating.
Awards
People’s Choice Award
Old PI Lighthouse
New PI Lighthouse
Juror’s Awards
New Lighthouse
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
Old Lighthouse
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
Winning photos for Juried 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and People’s Choice award in each category will be featured on the PITMS website and social media.
Past winning photos may be viewed HERE.
Presque Isle Lighthouses Youth Art Contest
May 26, 2023 - September 16, 2023
Presque Isle Township Museum Society (PITMS) invites students in grades K-8 to participate in the 2023 Presque Isle Lighthouses Youth Art Contest.
REQUIREMENTS
Submissions must show the Presque Isle Old Lighthouse (1840) or Presque Isle New Lighthouse (1870.)
Limit of two (2) entries per youth.
Artwork must be entirely the work of the youth.
Do not put name on the front of the artwork.
Media
Must be 2-dimensional work (no sculpture, ceramics, etc.)
Artwork may be made using pastels, pencils, crayons, paint, glitter, markers, etc. on a flat surface such as paper, canvas, poster board, etc.
No photography or digitally created entries – must be hand-crafted artwork and meet the media specifications above.
DIVISIONS
Grades K-1
Grades 2-3
Grades 4-5
Grades 6-8
SUBMISSION
Submissions will be accepted between May 26, 2023 and September 16, 2023.
Artwork may be scanned as a high resolution pdf or photographed at the high resolution setting (jpg or tif format, 2.5M or larger size, if possible).
Attach the digital image to an email to ArtContest@presqueislelighthouses.org.
In the email, include the information found below or attach a completed entry form (download entry form here):
Student’s Name
Age
Title of Artwork
Grade on May 1, 2023
Parent’s name
Contest sponsors retain the right to use artwork submitted to this contest for educational, outreach, and promotional non-commercial use. Any use of artwork will include credit to the student. Credit for students will be identified by first name/last initial only. All winning artwork and honorable mentions will be posted on the PITMS website and in social media. Personal identifiable information on the entry form will be held securely and not released to any outside individual or organization.
Past winning artwork may be viewed HERE.
Enter our Summer Raffle
May 26, 2023 – September 4, 2023
Local artist Janet Hainstock Straley has generously donated a large-format Giclée print of her “portrait” of the New Presque Isle Lighthouse for our summer raffle. Out of the Woods 1870–New Light Presque Isle is a framed limited edition print, numbered and signed by the artist, 15” x 30”. Janet has personal ties to our lighthouses: her great-great-grandfather was Patrick Garrity, Sr., keeper of both the Old and New Presque Isle Lights.
Tickets are $5 each or $20 for 5 and will be sold from May 26 to September 4. The winning ticket will be drawn at the 1905 House on September 4 at 3:00 pm; winner need not be present.
Tickets are available from our Board members, at the Presque Isle Harbor Wooden Boat Show, Concerts at the Lighthouse, or by contacting us at pilighthouses@gmail.com or leave a message at 989.787.0814.
Raffle Permit Number: X08478
Events
Come Get to Know Us!
Thursday, May 18, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Birch Hill Grocery Community Room
8121 E Grand Lake Rd, Presque Isle
Presque Isle Township Museum Society is celebrating 26 years of serving our community, come
Meet our Board Members
Learn what we do
Discover ways to get involved (Board of Directors, volunteer opportunities, committees)
Enjoy light refreshments
RSVP (appreciated but not required)--pilighthouses@gmail.com
Saturday, June 17, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Presque Isle State Harbor, 5477-5823 E Grand Lake Rd, Presque Isle, MI 49777
Presque Isle Independence Day Parade and Celebration
Saturday, July 1
Parade and Community Celebration
New Lighthouse Park
Saturday, July 1 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Fireworks
Presque Isle Harbor
Saturday, July 1 @ Dusk
Concerts at the New Lighthouse
Wednesday, July 5, 12, 19, 26 and August 2
6:00 pm
Sponsored by Presque Isle Township Parks and Recreation Committee.
Food truck- Mike Darga
Kids arts and crafts table by Presque Isle Township Museum Society.
July 5- Steve Rea and Friends
July 12- Saddle Tramps
July 19- Birch Road Band
July 26- June Street Riot
August 2- Waylen Hanel
Adopt-A-Highway
Saturday, July 15 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Help us keep Presque Isle beautiful and clean!
We’ll be doing a roadside cleanup of E. Grand Lake Rd. from Rt 638 to the New Lighthouse Park. Meet in the parking lot at Presque Isle Harbor Marina.
Annual Meeting of the Presque Isle Township Museum Society
Saturday, August 5
More information to be posted in July.
August 4 - 6, 2023
Schedule and Tickets are available HERE
There will be a craft fair at the New Presque Isle Lighthouse Park on Saturday, August 5. We are looking for vendors for the craft fair. There is no charge for booths. If interested email Sherry Milstein at maritime.market@presqueislelighthouses.org.
Friday, August 4
NOAA’s GREAT LAKES MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER
500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan
6:30 pm
Drinks and Hors d'Oevures
Guest Speaker - Jeff Shook, "Lil Red"
Entertainer - Dan Hall, Maritime Musician
Presentation - Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Saturday, August 5
NEW PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSE PARK
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free Admission
Mari-time Market
NEW PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSE PARK: GARRITY HALL
Guest Speakers
10:00 AM
Brian Lijewski, Architect Specialist, S.H.P.O.
Topic - Grants for Lighthouses and Historical Places
11:15 AM
Ginger Schultz, Manager - Mission Point Lighthouses
Topic - How to be a Lighthouse Keeper
1:00 PM
Patricia Majher, Author - Ladies of the Lights
NOAA’s GREAT LAKES MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER
500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan
4:30 to 5:30 PM
Guest Speaker - Augustin Fresnel
6:00 PM
Lighthouse Cruise on the glass bottom boat Lady Michigan
5:45 PM Board the Lady Michigan
6:00 PM Depart on Lady Michigan
Sunday, August 6
NOAA’s GREAT LAKES MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER
500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Fare Sailings Brunch
Meet and Say "Farewell" to Your Lighthouse (New & Old) Friends!
Adopt-A-Beach
Saturday, September 16 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Help us keep Presque Isle beautiful and clean!
The Museum Society is participating in the Adopt-a-Beach program sponsored by the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Every year, thousands of Adopt-a-Beach volunteers come together to keep our Great Lakes beaches clean. Check in at Garrity Hall at New Presque Isle Lighthouse Park.
Autumn Lights Festival
Saturday, October 14 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
More info to come.
Presque Isle Happenings Calendar
Are you a local looking for events sponsored by Presque Isle community groups or a visitor looking for fun events during your vacation in Presque Isle? You have come to the right place!
The calendar can be viewed by week, month or as an agenda. Click on a calendar event for details.
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To submit events to be published on the calendar, email the information to webmaster@presqueislelighthouses.org.
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