Kid's Quarters

Kids’ Quarters is a 1,258 square foot interactive exhibit inside the Officers' Stone Quarters at Fort Mackinac. Hands-on history games include checkers, dress up, fife playing and Morse Code. More than 16 interactive 1880s experiences provide creative areas for visitors to immerse themselves in Mackinac’s past.

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Entry to the Kids' Quarters exhibit which opened in 2001.

Kids' Quarters Exhibit

Some highlights of the Kids’ Quarters exhibit include:

At four times its actual size, visitors can electronically play a replica of an oversized 5 feet 6 inch 1880s “Giant Fife.”
A 43 percent scale model of an 1880s cannon lets visitors get close to and pretend to fire it.
Visitors help MSHP identify mysterious artifacts with the Mystery Magnifier.
A pullout cannon will be placed in a blockhouse, with sound effects.
Visitors can play two versions of checkers on the historic 1880s checkerboard.
A painted military mural with soldiers’ faces cut out provides a new family photo opportunity.

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Two young visitors work the "Manual of Arms".

Soldier’s Manual of Arms

A soldier’s "Manual of Arms" interactive video is projected onto a screen, and kids step into formation in front of a virtual soldier who instructs them on proper 1880s military rifle firing sequence and procedure. Kids have fun running through the military drill.

A young girl listens to Harold's life in the 1880's.

“Hangin’ with Harold”

Victorian shadow boxes for “Hangin’ with Harold” are filled with 1880's vignettes painted by Nick Van Frankenhuysen, and audio recordings to help kids imagine fort life in the 1880s.