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Happy Holidays!

Our Annual Holiday Open House 2025 is cancelled due to construction delays.

But stay tuned for a re-opening celebration in January!
 
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Happy Holidays!

Our Annual Holiday Open House 2025 is cancelled due to construction delays. But stay tuned for a re-opening celebration in January!
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CLOSED 11/20 - 1/?/2026

Building closure for renovation extended. In the meantime - check out our EXPLORE walking tours!
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WWI and the CC Home Front

Exhibits
Our newest exhibit! Drawn primarily from the Daily Mining Gazette, this exhibit details how the Copper Country answered the national call to "Do Your Bit" when the US entered the...
WWI ex in situ

Houghton GeoTour

Tours
Exhibits
Newly improved this year! We've remade the c. 2012 Houghton GeoTour signs. Find them all on this map. Additional sites coming soon.
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GeoTour Map

DIY Historic Houghton Walking Tour

Tours
Exhibits
Design your own walking tour to Explore Historic Houghton with this MAP. Take a tour of our Residential & Municipal, Business & Commercial, or Industrial & Waterfront sites - or...
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Explore Historic Houghton MAP

Historic Houghton WALKING TOUR - New & Improved!

Tours
Exhibits
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Historic Houghton Tour MAP

NEW EXHIBIT!

Exhibits
WWI & the Copper Country Homefront 1917-1918
WWI Intro

"Rocks & Minerals of the Western UP -- Why we love them!"

Lectures
NEW VIDEO!

"Rocks & Minerals of the Western UP -- Why we love them!"

Lectures
NEW VIDEO: "The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum - past, present and future" by John Jaszscak 12 March 2024.

"Rocks & Minerals of the Western UP -- Why we love them!"

Lectures
"Omars & Yooperlites - tracers of glacial paths" by Bill Rose video!

Abandoned Rails & Distant Roads

Lectures
Speakers
Lecture video now available!

City Anniversary

Exhibits
Take a walk along Houghton's waterfront and view our new Village to City exhibit.
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Street Museum

Tours
Exhibits
Check out our Street Museum!
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Lamppost Tour Map

Copper Country Streetcars

Lectures
Speakers
ENJOY!

But You Should Sing!

Music
Lectures

Ray Lahikainen: Houghton Waterfront Paintings

Music
Exhibits
New virtual exhibit!
Paintings by Ray Lahikainen with music by Mark Oliver & Dave Bezotte.

"The Spanish Flu . . . and Hockey"

Speakers
Watch the video here!

Women's Suffrage from an African-American Perspective

Lectures
We've added a new video to our "riseUP Keweenaw" playlist.
Recording of talk presented by Jessica Anderson, August 9, 2020 at KUUF Forum.

"Beyond Brothels & Bars"

Lectures
Speakers
Recording of live-stream Zoom event available!

"Women in Sports" video

Lectures
Speakers
Video of May 19 talk by Dr. Elizabeth Benyi now available!

"Beyond Brothels & Bars"

Lectures
Speakers
Video of live-stream Zoom event available!
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To join live-stream event, click here anytime after 6:50pm Thursday, June 18

"Notable Women in Hancock History" video

Lectures
Speakers
Video of April 30 talk by John Haeussler now available!

Petticoat Patriots Virtual Exhibit PDF

Exhibits
For PDF of exhibit only, click link below.
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Petticoat Patriots Virtual Exhibit PDF TEXT

Martin & DePasqual video from the archives

Lectures
Keweenaw Natural History from the archives: "Indigenous Cultural Elements of Keweenaw & Isle Royale" by Susan Martin & Seth DePasqual

Rolf Peterson video from the archives

Lectures
Keweenaw Natural History from the archives: "Wildlife of Keweenaw & Isle Royale" by Rolf Peterson, 2015

Sarah Green video from the archives

Lectures
Keweenaw Natural History from the archives: "Lake Superior's natural history and future" by Sarah Green, 2014

Petticoat Patriots Virtual Tour

Exhibits
Virtual tour includes the exhibit and highlights from the opening reception March 5.

Changing Lake Levels

Lectures
Speakers
Watch the video from Feb. 18, 2020!

Keweenaw Geoheritage

Speakers
Click here to view A short video by Dr. Bill Rose as part of our natural history exhibits.
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