John Bartley Science Museum
John Bartley Science Museum
Muskegon, MI 49442
Hours of Operation
Mon & Wed
9:00am - 4:00pm
Tue & Thu
9:00am - 7:00pm
Fall Semester
Aug 27 - Dec 5 (closed: Nov 27 & 28)
Winter Semester:
Jan 14 - Apr 28 (closed: Jan 20 and March 3-6)
Summer Semester:
May 19 - June 6 (closed: May 26)
Campus Email:
Office Location
Main Building, room 1073 (across from Carr-Fles Planetarium)
Free and open to the public, the John Bartley Science Museum is part of MCC’s ongoing dedication to education in our community. The museum engages children and adults alike in hands-on, interactive science education, conveniently located near our popular planetarium.
2024-2025 exhibit: Electricity and Magnetism
Admission:
Free and open to the public.
The Bartley Legacy
Dr. John Bartley
The museum continues Dr. John Bartley’s legacy of scientific outreach. John was a scientific researcher in the world of bryozoans, which are aquatic invertebrate animals sometimes called “moss animals.” His love for science included the Science Olympiad, and for many years he volunteered as the president of the Michigan Science Olympiad.
From 1989 to 2011, John taught geology and math at MCC. He was highly revered by his students, who gave affectionately nicknamed him “The Big Kahuna” for his Hawaiian shirts lovingly made every year by his wife, Jackie. He was equally beloved by MCC’s faculty and staff for his kind and gentle manner, for his service on many committees, and as a chair of the Math and Physical Sciences Department. Unfortunately, just a few months shy of his retirement in 2011, John was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and succumbed to the disease shortly thereafter. The museum is now in his former classroom.
