Astor House Museum
The Astor House Museum is located in Copper Harbor in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. The museum is a part of the Minnetonka Resort. The Resort includes log cabin cottages, gift and antique shop and of course, the Astor House Historical Museum. There you will find unique artifacts and relics of the earliest settlers, copper mining, antique […]
Michigan Iron Industry Museum
The Michigan Iron Industry Museum is located in Negaunee in Michigan’s Marquette County. The museum is situated overlooking the Carp River Forge site on the Carp River, where iron was first forged in the Lake Superior region in 1848 to 1855. The museum enables visitors to learn about the iron industry and its impact on […]
Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Complex
The Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Complex is located at Eagle Harbor in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. The complex consists of the Keweenaw History Museum, the Commercial Fishing Museum, the Maritime Museum and of course, the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse. The Keweenaw History Museum contains displays that exhibit mining, shipping, tourism and early life of the Keweenaw through photographs […]
A World Of Accordions
A World Of Accordions is located in Superior in Wisconsin’s Douglas County. Inside Harrington Arts Center you will find the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection with over 1300 instruments displayed. Learn about the evolution through the chronological history of the accordion family of instruments. The Arts Center also offers a concert space, an instrument […]
Eagle River Museum
The Eagle River Museum is located in Eagle River in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. The museum focuses on four major themes, the Cliff Mine, the town of Eagle River, the town and mine of Phoenix and the amusement area known as Crestview that is found between to two towns. Cliff Mine was one of the first […]
Bammert Blacksmith Shop Museum
The Bammert Blacksmith Shop Museum is located in Phoenix in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. The museum exhibits blacksmith shop equipment as they were at the end of the nineteenth century. There is an information panel that reads; “Tribute to a Dying Art – No matter where you lived in the late 1800s or early 1900s, chances […]
Gay Schoolhouse Museum
The Gay Schoolhouse Museum is located in Gay in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. It is in a school that was built in 1927 and closed in 1961. The school served children of families working at the copper mines up until their closure in 1932. The school has taken on extensive repair and restoration before becoming a […]
Rathbone School and Museum
The Rathbone School and Museum is located in Eagle Harbor in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. The school was built in 1853 and served the community until 1872. During that time the school master, Justus H Rathbone, conceived of the idea for the ritual that became the Order of the Knights Pythias, a secret fraternal society. This […]
The Houghton County Historical Museum
The Houghton County Historical Museum 15 acre Complex is located in Lake Linden Michigan. It was once the site of the biggest copper mining operation in North America. Today stands a museum that commemorates the significance that the mining industry had to the area. Along with the museum, this historical complex also includes the Lake […]
Copper Range Historical Museum
The Copper Range Historical Museum is located in South Range in Michigan’s Houghton County. The museum was originally the South Range State Bank building and was built in 1900. The museum exhibits and preserves historical items conducive to the copper mining industry, logging, farming, and businesses in and around South Range. Hours of Operation: June […]
Tahquamenon Logging Museum
The Tahquamenon Logging Museum is located in Newberry along the shore of the Tahquamenon River in Michigan’s Luce County. Take a tour of the museum and see artifacts and a slide presentation of early logging in Michigan. The museums facilities include a cook shack, original family dwelling, a music pavilion, picnic area, nature trail, boardwalk […]
Pickle Barrel
The Pickle Barrel Museum is located in Grand Marais in Michigan’s Alger County. Resembling two barrels, this museum was originally built in 1926 as a summer home for William Donahey, the cartoonist of the Chicago Tribune’s “Teenie Weenie” cartoon strip. The larger barrel is 16 feet tall (4.9m) and had two stories. The interior contains […]
