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Visit "We Have To Go Out" - The story of the Eagle Harbor and Portage Lifesaving Stations, an exhibit created by the KCHS and now on display at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton through May, 2012.
All of the Keweenaw County Historical Society sites and museums are closed for the 2011 season. Thank you for your visits and support. Check this site in the spring of 2012 for the announcement of the opening dates for the 2012 season.
Over 2,000 people attended the Keweenaw County Sesquicentennial Parade in Mohawk on July 24, 2010. Click this link to see a sample of some of the images from the parade.
Check this column for current news concerning the Keweenaw County Historical Society.
Keweenaw County Historical Society Calendar for 2011
Come and join the Keweenaw County Historical Society at one or more of the following events:
| Opening of Church and Blacksmith Shop Museums at Phoenix | Sunday, May 15 |
| Opening of Eagle Harbor museums (Light Station, Life-Saving Station, Rathbone School) | Sunday, June 12 |
| Light Station docent hours July/August Mon.-Sat. 10 AM-5 PM, Sun. 12-5 PM, June/Sept/Oct 12-5 PM | |
| Opening of Central Mine Visitor’s Center (daily 9 AM-5 PM, with docent most days) | Sunday, June 12 |
| Open House at Phoenix Church-Museum (1-4 PM) | Sunday, June 26 |
| 3rd Annual Music Fest at the Historic School in Gay (4-8 PM) | Saturday, July 9 |
| KCHS knot typing workshop and fish boil at Life-Saving Museum (10 AM-3 PM) | Wednesday, July 13 |
| KCHS rock piles workshop at Gitche Gumee Camp in Eagle River (10 AM-3 PM) | Friday, July 15 |
| KCHS workshop at Central (10 AM-3 PM) | Wednesday, July 20 |
| Blessing of the Animals at Phoenix Church Museum (1-3 PM, Fr. Corbin Eddy & Rev. Sue Church) | Sunday, July 31 |
| Old home movies, with Jeremiah Mason of KNHP, Eagle Harbor Community Building (7-9 PM) | Wednesday, Aug. 3 |
| KCHS gravestone rubbing workshop at Eagle River Community Building (10AM – 3 PM) | Friday, Aug. 5 |
| Eagle Harbor Art Fair (Saturday 10 AM-5 PM, Sunday, 12-5 PM) | August 13-14 |
| KCHS Rummage Sale at the Art Fair (9 AM-2 PM) | Saturday, Aug. 13 |
| KCHS Volunteer Appreciation Party at the Eagle Harbor Community Building (7 PM) | Wednesday, August 17 |
| Open House at Phoenix Church-Museum (1-4 PM) | Sunday, Aug. 28 |
| Mass at Phoenix Church-Museum (1:30 PM) | Sunday, Sept. 11 |
| Concert by Michigan’s State Troubadour Neil Woodward at Eagle Harbor Community Bldg. (7 PM) | Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
| KCHS Annual Dinner at Keweenaw Mountain Lodge (5:30 PM) | Sunday, Sept. 25 |
| Cider Making at Central (10 AM-2:30 PM) | Saturday, Oct. 8 |
| Closing of all KCHS museums | Sunday, Oct. 9 |