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Caretakers of the past, stewards of the future.

• adventures in history Seminars
• Member and site events

Please see our Museum and Sites Schedule for opening and closing dates

Upcoming events

  • Adventures in History: Herman Huovinen's Last Shift Mining Copper at Champion #4

    • 26 Aug 2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • Eagle Harbor Community Center (Schoolhouse)

    Herman's grandson, Jim Huovinen, will sketch Herman's immigration to America in 1882 and his life as a family man and miner in the Copper Country. Jim lives in Eagle River with his wife Dar and is a retired Midland High teacher and former underground laborer for C&H

    Admission- $5

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  • KCHS Annual Dinner 2026

    • 1 Sep 2026
    • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Calumet Theater
    WHEN: 1 September 2026
    WHERE:  Calumet Theatre Ballroom, Calumet, Michigan
    TIME: 5-6 PM Social Hour • 6-7 PM Dinner • 7-8 Program and Awards
    MENU: Dinner catered by the Bonfire Restaurant • Water and Pop Available • BYOB
    COST: $35 per person
    PROGRAM: Dr. Sarah Scarlett will present on the French-Canadian Influence in the Upper Peninsula

    Registration is closed
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  • Annual Phoenix Church Memorial Mass

    • 6 Sep 2026
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Phoenix Church

    Although the church at Phoenix was decommissioned many years ago, the liturgy of the Mass still rings out inside the building once a year.  We invite all of you to take part in this annual Memorial Mass to worship in this historic building and to remember all who made the Keweenaw a special place.

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  • Adventures in History: Cider at Central

    • 26 Sep 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Central House #10

    Come and make cider from the heritage apples at Central. Bring baskets to harvest apples on-site, or bring your own. Bring containers to take home your cider in. Come anytime between 10am and 3pm to witness this time honored event and sample fresh apple cider. Pack a picnic and wear sturdy shoes to enjoy the hiking trails around this historical ghost town.


    Admission- $5

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Past events

16 Aug 2026 Phoenix Church Open House
9 Aug 2026 Life Saving Station Open House Day 2
8 Aug 2026 Life Saving Station Open House Day 1
5 Aug 2026 Adventures in History: Copper and Courage: Keweenaw County in the Civil War
29 Jul 2026 Adventures in History: Researchers Bring Forgotten Underground Mines into a 3D Future
26 Jul 2026 Annual Central Mine Methodist Church Reunion
22 Jul 2026 Adventures in History: Oren Tikkanen and the Back Room Jazz and Polka Band
22 Jul 2026 Fishing Discovery & Fishing With A Ranger
19 Jul 2026 Blessing of the Animals
15 Jul 2026 Adventures in History: Wolf's Mouth: History, Suspense, Crime, and a Love Story Set in a Prisoner of War Camp in the Upper Peninsula
1 Jul 2026 Adventures in History: The Ecology and History of a Lake Superior Dune: 700 Years of Interaction and Dependence of Pine and Fire
27 Sep 2025 Adventures in History: Cider Making at Central
7 Sep 2025 Annual Phoenix Church Memorial Mass
6 Sep 2025 KCHS Annual Dinner 2025
20 Aug 2025 ADVENTURES IN HISTORY: Armour Sarkela, Commercial Fisherman
17 Aug 2025 Phoenix Church Open House
13 Aug 2025 Adventures in History: Hubbell Heros Flying Against The Odds Over Europe During WWII
7 Aug 2025 National Lighthouse Day 3rd Annual Ice Cream Social
27 Jul 2025 119th Annual Central Church Reunion
20 Jul 2025 Blessing of the Animals
9 Jul 2025 Adventures in History: How the Sun Compass was Critical to UP Mining
28 Sep 2024 Cider Making at Central
14 Sep 2024 KCHS Annual Dinner 2024
1 Sep 2024 Annual Phoenix Church Memorial Mass
18 Aug 2024 Phoenix Church Open House
7 Aug 2024 National Lighthouse Day Celebration
28 Jul 2024 116th Annual Central Church Reunion
21 Jul 2024 Blessing of the Animals
18 Jul 2024 A night with Joseph Heywood
13 Jul 2024 Eagle Harbor Life Saving Station Open House
9 Jul 2024 Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan's U.P.
16 Jun 2024 Flag Raising Ceremony
30 Sep 2023 Cider Making at Central
3 Sep 2023 Annual Memorial Mass
31 Aug 2023 Keweenaw Birds: Recent Changes in Breeding & Wintering
20 Aug 2023 Phoenix Church Open House
16 Aug 2023 Folk Tunes: Folk Music Traditions of the Upper Peninsula
12 Aug 2023 Eagle Harbor Art Fair
8 Aug 2023 Architectural Fieldwork in Keweenaw County: Log Cabins, LiDAR & Clues
2 Aug 2023 Up Close & Personal: Keweenaw Lighthouses
30 Jul 2023 114th Annual Central Church Reunion Service
25 Jul 2023 Delaware Mine Archaeological Explorations
23 Jul 2023 Blessing of the Animals
19 Jul 2023 How a Scribbler Bends and Blends Time, Memory, and History into Fiction
12 Jul 2023 The Bon Voyage Packet Steamer
27 Jun 2023 People of the Keweenaw Before Industrial Mining
25 Sep 2022 KCHS Annual Dinner
24 Sep 2022 ADVENTURES in HISTORY- Cider Making at Central
4 Sep 2022 Annual Memorial Mass
25 Aug 2022 The Meaning Behind the Dance: An Exhibition of Ojibwe Dances Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Dance Troupe
21 Aug 2022 Phoenix Church Open House
17 Aug 2022 Women of the Copper Country
13 Aug 2022 Eagle Harbor Art Fair
4 Aug 2022 Ghosts of Gitchee Gumee: Tales of Keweenaw Shipwrecks
24 Jul 2022 Blessing of the Animals at Phoenix Church
20 Jul 2022 A 3-D Journey Around the U.P.
16 Jul 2022 Opening reception for the Gay Exhibit

NEWS

100 Years Later: Great Lakes Shipwreck That Saved a Cargo of New Cars to Be Remembered at Copper Harbor

On September 1, the Keweenaw Historical Society will receive a framed original painting by noted Upper Peninsula artist Clyde Mikkola, depicting the dramatic 1926 shipwreck and the unusual operation that followed: rescuing automobiles from a wrecked freighter in the depths of a cold Lake Superior January... READ FULL MEDIA RELEASE

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