Last updated: August 25, 2025
Place
Houghton County Historical Museum
NPS Photo - Nathan Miller
Quick Facts
Location:
53150 Michigan State Highway 26, Lake Linden, MI.
Significance:
Keweenaw NHP Heritage Site
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Amenities
5 listed
Benches/Seating, Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV
The Houghton County Historical Museum is located at the former site of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company stamp mills in Lake Linden. Explore this seven-building complex, which includes a museum containing artifacts and photographs spanning 100 years, one-room schoolhouse, log cabin, railroad depot, research center, and an operating 1915-era steam locomotive.
The Keweenaw Heritage Sites are official partners of Keweenaw National Historical Park, but are privately owned. Each site interprets and preserves an important aspect of the area's copper mining history and provides a unique visitor experience. Please contact individual sites for more information.
#16 in The Keweenaw Guide park newspaper.
The Keweenaw Heritage Sites are official partners of Keweenaw National Historical Park, but are privately owned. Each site interprets and preserves an important aspect of the area's copper mining history and provides a unique visitor experience. Please contact individual sites for more information.
#16 in The Keweenaw Guide park newspaper.
- Museum Fee: Free admission, donations appreciated.
- Train ride fee is $6 adult, $4 children 5-17, $3 children 3-5, free under 3 (wednesdays and saturdays noon-4pm during operation season
- Operating Season: Open June through September. Call ahead for schedule in October.
- Museum Hours: 12 pm - 4 pm, Daily during operating season
- Research Room Hours: year round 9am-noon, Monday, Wednesday, Friday in basement of former congregational church at 1st and N in Lake Linden
- Phone: 906-296-4121.
- Online: www.houghtonhistory.org