​Welcome!

Welcome to the Michigan Folk School, a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping learning, tradition, and community alive. 
Our classes create a community where we honor and share the old ways of doing things — offering access to skills you once might have learned while sitting on your grandparents' porch or as part of your community.

​We offer more than 50 classes each quarter and we’re growing and evolving to meet the needs of the community, so if you don’t see what you’re looking for, let us know.

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Quick Statistics

6000+
happy students

​over 200
classes offered in 2020

16
categories of classes offered

63
crocks fermented

550
knives sharpened 

3
forges blazing

EVERY TIME
unique & memorable experience

172
brooms tied

The Michigan Folk School
@
Staebler Farm County Park

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The Michigan Folk School is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that relies on the generosity of many different groups to support its mission of diverse educational experiences in the folk school tradition. Of course we are an organization based on education but, it’s much more than that.  We are about building a sense of community, of rewinding the clock to a simpler time, and of carrying on the tradition of passing knowledge from one set of hands to another.

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Our Mission: The Michigan Folk School is committed to creating a community engaged in authentic, hands-on experiences through the teaching and sharing of traditional folk arts, crafts, music, and skills in an inspiring natural setting and to promote the preservation of forest and farmland.

Campus Address

7734 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Corporate Address

6685 Vreeland Road, Superior Township, MI 48198

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