Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum
The Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum is located in Ishpeming in Michigan’s Marquette County. The museum is a former iron mine and offers visitors a glimpse into the history of the mining era through artifacts, displays, exhibits and mining equipment. You can also visit the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral room where you can view over 500 […]
Laurium Manor Mansion
The Laurium Manor Mansion is located in Laurium in Michigan’s Houghton County. This lavish 45 room mansion was built in 1908 for Thomas and Cornelia Hoatson, the owner of Calumet & Arizona Mining Co. The manor was restored in 1989 to a historic mansion hotel and has been welcoming guests ever since. Tours are available […]
Negaunee Historical Society Museum
The Negaunee Historical Society Museum is located in Negaunee in Michigan’s Marquette County. The land that the museum sits on was originally the St. Paul Catholic Church’s cemetery. The house that is now home to the museum was built in 1901 after the church was moved to its current location, though there is no record […]
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 […]
River of History Museum
The River of History Museum is located in downtown Sault Ste Marie in Michigan’s Chippewa County. The museum chronologically follows the history of the St. Mary’s River and Sault Ste Marie for 8,000 years, from the glacial period to the present day. From the rich history of the Anishinaabe Native Americans to French settlers, fur […]
Wheels of History Train Museum
The Wheels of History Train Museum is located in Brimley in Michigan’s Chippewa County. Climb aboard this 1905 wooden railroad passenger car and caboose and learn the history of the Brimley area. See fascinating historical exhibits and artifacts from the railroad, telephones, logging, fishing, Great Lake ships and local family histories . There is also […]
