News Release

Advisory Commission Announces 2023 Keweenaw Heritage Grants

Date: June 6, 2023
Contact: Sean Gohman, [phone]

CALUMET, MI — The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission is pleased to announce that this year’s Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded $125,963 in funding for various historic preservation, interpretation, education, and curatorial projects covering an area stretching from Copper Harbor to the Porcupine Mountains.

20 grant applications were received this year with 15 chosen to receive awards. Projects ranged from: building and historic resource repair and maintenance, interactive displays, visitor accessibility improvements, collections digitization and management, and educational field trips.

Since 2008, the Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded nearly $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 / [e-mail]. Information can also be found on the Keweenaw National Historical Park website at www.nps.gov/kewe.

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.

2023 Keweenaw Heritage Grants 
Keweenaw National Historical Park and Advisory Commission 

Organization	Project	Project Type	Award
Adventure Mining Co.	Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades	Building Pres./Accessibility	$5,300.00
Calumet Theatre	Ballroom Heating System Restoration	Building Preservation	$15,000.00
Chassell Heritage Org	Interior Sandstone and Brick Repair	Museum Collections	$5,582.50
Copper Range Historical Society	Collections Management Project	Museum Collections	$2,160.00
Friends of the Porkies	Educational Field Trips and Programs	Interpretation & Education	$1,000.00
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park	Fort Wilkins Becomes a State Park Exhibit Development	Interpretation & Education	$5,000.00
Houghton County Historical Society	Window and Bay Doors Replacement	Building Preservation	$10,000.00
Keweenaw County Historical Society	Interactive Kiosk Development	Interpretation & Education	$11,000.00
Keweenaw Heritage Center	Roof Replacement Study for St. Anne’s Church	Building Preservation	$15,000.00
Michigan Tech Archives	C&H Employee Card Digitization Cleanup	Museum Collections	$6,000.00
Norwegian Lutheran Church Hist. Soc.	Accessibility Improvements	Building Pres./Accessibility	$3,644.49
Ontonagon County Historical Society	Collections Inventory, Cataloging, & Storage	Museum Collections	$12,600.00
Osceola Township	Digital Documentation of Quincy Dredge No. 2	Interpretation & Education	$3,676.40
Painesdale Mine & Shaft, Inc.	Champion #4 Shaft House Preservation and Restoration	Building Preservation	$15,000.00
Quincy Mine Hoist Association	Historic Oil House Structural and Exterior Repairs	Building Preservation	$15,000.00
2023 Keweenaw Heritage Grants	15 Grants Awarded	Total Awarded	$125,963.39

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