Presentations and Library Programs
We specialize in giving educational, exciting, and interactive presentations at all sorts of events and educational facilities. These are great to add to the calendar of events for libraries, schools, conventions, and community events.
Our lectures focus on in-person interactions featuring artifacts, replicas, and physical equipment
Please email academy@swordsmanshipmuseum.org to inquire about bringing us as your next program
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Exciting Presentations
Usually feature a wide variety of replicas and artifacts, with the presenter dressed in historical attire, if relevant. Great for adult or teenage audiences. (Please note that each of the below options are their own individual program)
Presentations on Historical Warriors and Weapons
Blades of the Caribbean Pirate
Swords of the American Civil War
Swords and Bayonets at the Battle of Gettysburg
Combat of the Vikings
Viking Warrior Societies
Renaissance Irish Warriors
German Mercenary Armory and the Military Revolution (Renaissance)
Samurai and the Warring States of Japan
Interpreting Japanese Swordsmanship
Koshirae: The Art of the Japanese Sword
Blades of the American Revolution
Claymore and Targe: Scottish Highlanders
The English Longbow at War
Other topics on History and Swords
What is HEMA: Historical Swordsmanship
Swords in Media: Myth vs. Reality
Galactic Swordfighitng! Creating LED Saber System
Lumberjacks of Michigan (Lumberjack and Logging Museum)
The Grayling and the Fisherman in Michigan (Fishing Museum & Cultural Center)
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Swordsmanship Showcase Series
Featuring one or two swordsmanship specialists to talk about one particular type of sword and demonstrate the historical techniques and roles it played in the past. Lasts 1-1.5 hours. Great for adults, teens, or family audiences.
Swordsmanship Showcase: Skillful Longswords
Swordsmanship Showcase: Massive Greatswords
Swordsmanship Showcase: Polearms
Swordsmanship Showcase: Curved Swords and Sabers
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Swordsmanship Classes
An instructor from the Swordsmanship Museum and Academy will come to your facility or event and bring all relevant training swords. Class lasts about one hour and teaches students the fundamentals of a particular style of historical swordsmanship.
Medieval Longsword
Historical Japanese Katana
Saber of the American Civil War
Pirate Cutlass
Scottish Basket Hilt
LED Saber Combat
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LArger Programs
These programs, including the popular "Who Would Win" series, are aims for either a larger audience with heavy promotion, or for longer times than a one-shot program
Who Would Win: Warrior v. Warrior
The museum will send 4 trained educators, two representing each of the determined warriors, and will take turns explaining the weapons and techniques of either side, demonstrate the fighting with a sparring match, and then the two sides will come together, first with discussion and then with a sparring match, to determine: Who Would Win! Great for audiences of all ages!
Pirate Vs. Viking
Hussar Vs. Highlander
Samurai Vs. Redcoat
Patriot Vs. Peasant
Library Exhibits
We set up a Museum Exhibit for a long period of time utilizing your library display cases
Ex. "Who Were The Vikings?"
Traveling Museum
We will set up a series of Museum Exhibits in a larger room and staff it with docents, so your library can host a professional museum with artifacts for a day or weekend.
Swordsmanship Across Time
We bring in two skilled combatants and educators to perform a series of high-intensity steel sword fight matches, chronologically using a series of weapons from European history, starting at the Age of the Vikings and going up into the late 1800's!
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Military History Academy Programs
The Military History Academy is one of our sibling museums and features exciting local and national military history presentations, and exciting interactive military drill programs for all ages
Exciting Presentations
The Military Revolution: From Knights to Pikes
Battlefield Tactics of the Revolutionary War
Michigan Soldiers of the War of 1812
Battlefield Tactics of the Civil War
The Western Sharpshooters and the Michigan Boys (Civil War)
Interactive Drills (using safe training tools to teach youth, teens, or adults how soldiers fought on battlefields using historical drill)
The Viking Shield Wall
The Renaissance Pike Drills
Military Drill of the Revolutionary War Soldiers
Military Drill of the Redcoats
Military Drill of the Civil War Soldiers
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Lumberjack and Logging Museum
AND Fishing Museum and Cultural Center Programs
These two museums are part of our Museum family, and feature really exciting interactive presentations!
Lumberjack and Logging Museum Presentations
The Michigan Lumberjack and the Old Growth Forest
Fishing Museum and Cultural Center Presentations
The Michigan Fisherman and the Tragedy of the Grayling
Fishing in the Viking Age!
Traveling Museums
We will set up a series of Museum Exhibits in a larger room and staff it with docents, so your library can host a professional museum with artifacts for a day or weekend.