News Release

Keweenaw Heritage Sites Program is Accepting Applications 2023

Date: March 1, 2023
Contact: Sean Gohman, 906-483-3040

Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission is happy to announce that the Keweenaw Heritage Sites program is accepting applications for new heritage sites. Inclusion provides sites increased visibility and marketing opportunities, grants access to the professional expertise of the National Park Service, funding opportunities designed specifically for Heritage Sites, and connects sites to a network of like-minded organizations with common purposes, goals, and challenges.  

Keweenaw National Historical Park was established to preserve and interpret the story of the rise, domination, and decline of the region’s copper mining industry. Congress mandated this park to work in partnership with a federal Advisory Commission and the local community to accomplish its legislated purposes The Keweenaw Heritage Sites program, administered by the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission, is one aspect of this partnership. 

Keweenaw Heritage Sites contain significant cultural and/or natural resources and make a unique contribution to the copper mining story. Embodying stories of hardship, ingenuity, struggle and success, each site allows visitors to explore the role mining played in people’s lives here and afar. Sites applying to the program are required to meet several criteria including but not limited to regular posted hours of operation open to the public, a stable and sustaining organizational structure, a commitment to attend meetings of Heritage Site representatives, and share visitor statistics to Keweenaw National Historical Park.  

Applications are due by the close of business on Friday, March 31. Notifications of acceptance or rejection will occur in May. Application forms can picked up at Keweenaw National Historical Park Headquarters, mailed, or emailed upon request. For questions and/or application requests, please contact Advisory Commission Executive Director, Sean Gohman, over phone or email: 906-483-3040 / [e-mail]. 

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.