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Advisory Commission announces 2025 Keweenaw Heritage Grant Awards
News Release Date:
May 12, 2025
May 12, 2025
Contact: Sean Gohman, 906-483-3040
CALUMET, MI - The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission is pleased to announce that this year's Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded $124,880 in funding for various historic preservation, interpretation, education, and curatorial projects covering an area stretching from Copper Harbor to Rockland.
19 grant applications were received this year with 13 chosen to receive awards. Projects ranged from: building and historic resource repair and maintenance, self-guided tour planning, visitor accessibility improvements, and collections digitization and management.
Since 2008, the Keweenaw Heritage Grant program has awarded over $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 / sean_gohman@partner.nps.gov. 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.
*Posted by the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission.
2025 Keweenaw Heritage Grants
Keweenaw National Historical Park and Advisory Commission
| Organization | Project | Project Type | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure Mining Co. | Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades | Building Pres./Accessibility | $6,950.00 |
| Carnegie Museum | Historic Houghton Exhibits | Interpretation & Education | $7,180.00 |
| Chassell Heritage Org | Basement Furnace Addition | Building Preservation | 8,750.00 |
| Delaware Mine Tours | Mortar Repair and Building Preservation | Building Preservation | $4,400.00 |
| Fort Wilkins Historic State Park | Fort Wilkins Becomes a State Park Exhibit: Phase III | Interpretation & Education | $7,500.00 |
| Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum | Virtual Video Tours Production | Interpretation & Education | $5,000.00 |
| Houghton County Historical Society | Museum Foundation Water Infiltration Abatement | Building Preservation | $15,000.00 |
| Keweenaw County Historical Society | Preserving the Historic Eagle Harbor Lighthouse | Building Pres./Accessibility | $15,000.00 |
| Michigan Tech Archives | Digital Asset Improvement Project | Museum Collections | $15,000.00 |
| Old Victoria | Roof Replacement, Log House No. 10 | Building Pres./Accessibility | $6,500.00 |
| Ontonagon County Historical Society | Collections Inventory, Cataloging, & Storage | Museum Collections | $13,600.00 |
| Painesdale Mine & Shaft, Inc. | Champion #4 Shaft House Repairs and Interpretation | Building Pres. /Interpretation | $15,000.00 |
| Painesdale Mine & Shaft, Inc. | Mine Captain's Office Window Project | Building Preservation | $5,000.00 |
| 2025 Keweenaw Heritage Grants | 13 Grants Awarded | Total Awarded | $124,880.00 |
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