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Advisory Commission announces 2026 Keweenaw Heritage Grant Awards

Date:
May 21, 2026
Contact: Sean Gohman , 906-483-3040

CALUMET, Mich. --The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission is pleased to announce that this year's Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded $$149,911.67 in funding for various historic preservation, interpretation, education, and curatorial projects covering an area stretching from Eagle Harbor to Ontonagon.

Nineteen grant applications were received this year with fourteen chosen to receive awards. Projects ranged from: building and historic resource repair and maintenance, visitor accessibility improvements, and collections digitization and management, and interactive interpretive and educational programs.

Since 2008, the Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded over $2.2 million to owners and operators of historic properties and providers of history programs in support of projects that further the preservation and interpretation of the story of copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula.

To learn more about the program and whether your organization/property qualifies for future grant cycles, please contact Advisory Commission Executive Director, Sean Gohman at 906-483-3040 / [email protected]. Information can also be found on the Keweenaw National Historical Park website at https://www.nps.gov/kewe/getinvolved/partners.htm.

The Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission, paneled by citizens appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, represents the public and works collaboratively with the National Park Service to advise and assist with managing the resources of Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Posted on behalf of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission.

Keweenaw National Historical Park and Advisory Commission

Organization

Project

Project Type

Award

Adventure Mining Co.

Expanding the Story of Copper through Education…

Interpretation & Education

$15,000

Calumet Theatre

Theatre Stage Lighting Upgrades

Building Pres./Accessibility

$15,000

Carnegie Museum

Strategic Planning Initiative

Org. Sustainability

$8,500

Copper Range Historical Society

Preservation and Display of Historic CRRR Baggage Cart

Interpretation & Collections Management

$6,357.50

Coppertown Mining Museum

Pattern Storage Building Preservation

Building Preservation

$10,000

Finnish American Heritage Center

Deferred Maintenance in the Archives

Museum Collections

$10,500

Keweenaw County Historical Society

Preservation of the Eagle Harbor Fog Signal Building

Building Preservation

$15,000

Michigan Tech Archives

MTU IH&A Library Improvements and Outreach

Museum Collections

$15,000

Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society

Historical Window Preservation and Restoration

Building Preservation

$5,886.67

Ontonagon County Historical Society

Collections Inventory, Cataloging, & Storage

Museum Collections

$13,600

Painesdale Mine & Shaft, Inc.

Champion #4 Shaft Steel Column Repairs and Debris Removal

Building Preservation

$15,000

Painesdale Mine & Shaft, Inc.

New Cedar Shingle Siding for the 1902 Captain's Office

Building Preservation

$5,000

Quincy Mine Hoist Association

Improved Accessibility for Underground Mine Tours

Interpretation & Accessibility

$11,000.00

Village of Calumet

Ruppe Block Asbestos Abatement

Building Preservation

$4,067.50

2026 Keweenaw Heritage Grants

14 Grants Awarded

Total Awarded

$149,911.67


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