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

Upcoming events

    • 9 Jul 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Eagle Harbor Community Center (Schoolhouse)

    Among the KCHS collections is an unassuming surveying instrument in a wooden box called a solar compass. Who was its inventor, William Burt, and how did he come to invent an instrument used to fulfill Thomas Jefferson's dream of westward expansion? Learn how the solar compass relates to U.P. history. Join Mark Montgomery as he shares insights from his paper presented to the North American Sundial Society in December 2023.

    Admission $5.00

    • 20 Jul 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Phoenix Church

    Stop by the Phoenix Church between 1:30 and 3:30 on July 20 and bring a friend, a four-footed friend. Or it could be a winged friend, etc. There will be a pastor available to offer a blessing for you and your friend for a long and healthy life together. In the past we’ve blessed dogs, cats, birds, skunks, ferrets, etc.  Who knows what type of “friends” will show up this year.

    • 27 Jul 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Central Church

    What began in 1907 as a worship service for people who once lived in Central Mine and left when the mine closed, continues today, 116 years later. This non-denominational service blends a worship experience with a touch of the history of Central and how important the church was to these early pioneers. Come and experience worship by sitting in the same pews the miners sat in when Central was an active community. There will be services at 9:00 and 11:00 AM.

    • 7 Aug 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Eagle Harbor Light Station

    Join us at the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse complex as we celebrate the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and summer with ice cream.

    • 13 Aug 2025
    • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Schoolhouse

    Join us to hear the exciting tale of how two local boys, grandsons of Calumet & Hecla's CEO James MacNaughton, became heavy bomber pilots after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

    Admission- $5

    • 17 Aug 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Phoenix Church

    Join us for the annual Open House of the Phoenix Church on Sunday August 17, 2025 from 1-4 p.m.

    This is the only time to see artifacts from 31 churches, active and inactive, being displayed.

    Come inside and experience the contents in the nave, behind the altar and the balcony.

    Items are labeled for identification. There are beautiful and unusual religious objects such as: vestments, prayer books in various languages, hand woven Easter palms, paintings, statues, certificates and a baptismal font.

    There is a video with history of the church, a wedding and surrounding area from films in the 1930s and ‘40s.

    Free Admission

    • 7 Sep 2025
    • 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.

    • 27 Sep 2025
    • Central

    Cider making workshop at Central House #10

Past events

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

All sites are closed for the season.

Eagle Harbor Lighthouse Virtual Tour

New Virtual Lighthouse Tour
As one of the Keweenaw's many treasures, Eagle Harbor Lighthouse was chosen as one of the online virtual tours provided by Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Visit Keweenaw.

This tour includes an exclusive view of the lantern room (closed to the public) and a view only experienced by lightkeepers.

EAGLE HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE VIRTUAL TOUR

And don't miss the tours of other area landmarks.

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