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ALPENA — Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan is gearing up for fall family fun. Besser Museum’s annual Fall Harvest Fossil Fest will be held from noon to
cnelson@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Crystal Nelson Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Executive Director Chris Witulski inspects a 15th Century Savonarola chair at the museum in April. ALPENA — The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan houses thousands of artifacts, but not all of them end up in exhibits where visitors can see them. Of the 38,000 artifacts owned by the museum, only a fraction make it into the museum’s exhibits. Artifacts that aren’t included in an exhibit are housed in six different artifact storage rooms in the museum’s basement, with specific rooms designated...