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Caretakers of the past, stewards of the future.

ADVENTURES in HISTORY- Cider Making at Central

Blessing of the Animals at Phoenix Church

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

Upcoming events

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No events scheduled for the remainder of the year

Past events

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

All sites are closed for the season

100 years ago-
The Samuel Mather was driven onto Gull Rock near Keweenaw Point during a snow storm and gale winds. The crew was safely removed from the badly exposed steamer by the Eagle Harbor Life Saving crew.

The ship was repaired and served a long life on The Great Lakes. When it was finally scrapped, its mast was acquired by Captain Richard Metz and donated to KCHS where it is now displayed.

You can find a bounty of stories about Keweenaw shipwrecks in our triannual newsletter The Superior Signal by becoming a member.

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