Whaley Historic House Museum of Flint, Michigan

Whaley Historic House Museum of Flint, Michigan The WHHM is open year round, offering tours of this stately home as it was during the late 19th century. Your tax dollars are at work!
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Explore the Whaley family legacy of Family, Philanthropy, and Preservation during your next tour, or at one of our regularly scheduled programs! The Whaley Historic House Museum is the historic home of the Whaley family, who resided in the home from 1885 - 1925. Newly restored following a devastating fire in 2015, The Whaley Historic House Museum preserves the house endeavors to continue the legac

y of benevolence, collaboration, and civic-mindedness of the McFarlan-Whaley family. Come learn about the importance of the Whaley family to the development of Flint and gain a deeper appreciation and understanding for our shared cultural heritage and history! The Whaley Historic House Museum is open year-round and offers regularly scheduled and special programming and events, as well as public guided tours on the first and third Saturdays of the month from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, with the exception of holiday weekends. Admission is free during our open hours, courtesy of the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. We are also happy to offer guided tours to individuals and groups by appointment, during the week. Please call (810)-238-7228 or e-mail ([email protected]) to schedule an appointment. Admission prices for private tours vary so please contact us for more details!

08/05/2026

It has come to our attention that our voicemail has not been working properly for a few days now. We are in contact with our service provider, American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T), to resolve this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and assure you that once the issue has been resolved, we'll give you a ring back!

**HOLIDAY HOURS**Happy Wednesday friends and neighbors! In observance of Independence Day we will have shortened hours F...
07/01/2026

**HOLIDAY HOURS**
Happy Wednesday friends and neighbors! In observance of Independence Day we will have shortened hours Friday July 3rd, closing at 2pm and closed to the public on Saturday July 4th. Tours will resume Tuesday July 7th. We wish everyone a safe holiday and a very happy 250th birthday to the United States of America. Our patriotic decor will stay up through the summer as we continue to celebrate ! Dont forget to join us on August 15th for own America250 Garden Party to continue the celebrations. For our eagle eyed viewers bobblehead Robert Jeremiah Whaley is hiding somewhere in this photo, can you spot him?

Big shout out to board member Jason Botz for creating 3 new photo stand cut outs that visitors can pose with. Here he is...
06/30/2026

Big shout out to board member Jason Botz for creating 3 new photo stand cut outs that visitors can pose with. Here he is posing as Columbia! To see the other two and take your pictures come by for a tour!

Exciting day here in our archives! As we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary and our archivist Ayden has begun ...
06/30/2026

Exciting day here in our archives! As we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary and our archivist Ayden has begun to digitize arguably the most valuable artifact in our collection, Mr. Whaley's bank book that notes his 1886 loan to W.C. "BillyDurant and J. Dallas Dort that started the Durant-Dort Carriage Company (the precursor to ). We're doubly excited to see what other transactions Robert Jeremiah Whaley made that same year, as well as hidden gems like the New Bedford Instution for Savings bank draft made out to Billy Durant in 1922 found inside the book during this process. Scanned copies of this loan book are planned to be donated to Crossroads Village for their upcoming America250 timeline exhibit.

Lysistrata rehearsals have started today! Excited to host Buckham Alley Theatre
06/09/2026

Lysistrata rehearsals have started today! Excited to host Buckham Alley Theatre

We're beyond excited (and a little scandalized 😉) to have a touch of ancient Greece come to our side lawn the weekend of...
06/05/2026

We're beyond excited (and a little scandalized 😉) to have a touch of ancient Greece come to our side lawn the weekend of June 18th with this production of Lysistrata! We invite all our friends and neighbors to join us and Buckham Alley Theatre to support community theater and the arts in !

Join Buckham Alley Theatre as we jump back to a Greek Comedy! We will be presenting this show OUTSIDE the - so bring a chair or a blanket to come see this hilarious comedy. We recommend 18+ for this production there are some adult topics. Tickets can be purchased at BuckhamTheatre.org

📸 Credit: Calvin Ito

and are the theme at the house this week! Today one of our team members,Nikki, is continuing her diligent work conse...
05/29/2026

and are the theme at the house this week! Today one of our team members,Nikki, is continuing her diligent work conserving yet another art work from our collection while our porch continues to having its own restorations in tandem.

Address

624 E Kearsley Street
Flint, MI
48503

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 5pm - 8pm

Telephone

+18102387228

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