Frankenmuth is a city in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,944 at the 2010 census. The city is located within Frankenmuth Township, but is politically independent. Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, which bills itself as the World's Largest Christmas Store, is located in Frankenmuth.
In 1970, Mystic Seaport began construction of the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, a unique facility with a sawmill, a 90-foot lathe for turning masts and spars and a maritime elevator or lift dock capable of hauling a 375-ton vessel. The Morgan floated free in 1973 after two years of work on her lower hull.
In July of 1997 the North Carolina Maritime Museum was transferred from the N.C. Department of Agriculture to the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. In late summer and early fall of 1999, the N.C. Maritime Museum expanded operations to include branch museums on Roanoke Island and at Southport.