# Event Details

- **Event Name**: History Weekend
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sun, 11 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: You’re invited to journey through time at Grand Hotel’s 17th annual History Weekend and learn the story behind the hotel’s iconic wooden structure built in 1887. Enjoy engaging presentations, guided tours, and special activities that highlight the people, moments, and milestones that have shaped Grand Hotel’s legacy. With brilliant fall colors, crisp island air, and a relaxed pace, autumn is one of the most enchanting times to experience Mackinac Island and Grand Hotel.

Package Includes:

• Grand Hotel accommodations
• Breakfast and dinner daily 
• All resort amenities  
• Friday evening Welcome Reception 
• Saturday morning History Lecture with Resident Historian Bob Tagatz 
• Saturday afternoon History Lecture 
• Admission to Fort Mackinac (one visit per room, per weekend)

Named an Historic Hotels of America Historian of the Year, Bob Tagatz is a natural storyteller. He will intrigue you with information about the hotel’s history and how the Island and the hotel came to be what they are today.

This History Weekend package can also be booked by calling Grand Hotel Reservations
 at 1-800-334-7263.

View Grand Hotel Policies and Information to learn more about our evening dress code, luggage process, and more. 
 
*Subject to 6% Michigan sales tax, 3% Mackinac Island assessment, 19.5% resort fee, and a $16.00 per person, per stay, baggage-handling charge. Regular children’s rates apply. Extra charges apply for additional adults over double occupancy rates. Dates are subject to availability, 30-day cancellation policy applies.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mackinac-island/history-weekend/200029704229840
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 52

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Mackinac Island
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 286 Grand Avenue, Mackinac Island, MI, United States, Michigan 49757
- **lat**: 45.85494
- **long**: -84.63643
- **full address**: 286 Grand Avenue, Mackinac Island, MI, United States, Michigan 49757

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is History Weekend being held?
  - **A:** History Weekend takes place on Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Sun, 11 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am at 286 Grand Avenue, Mackinac Island, MI, United States, Michigan 49757.
- **Q**: Who is organizing History Weekend?
  - **A:** History Weekend is organized by Grand Hotel.

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