MRHC Capital Campaign Receives Pledge

UP Home Health Hospice and Private Duty is contributing to the Marquette Regional History Center's capital campaign with a $6,000 pledge of support. Pictured, from left, Sarah Janda, capital campaign manager for the MRHC; Jeff Nyquist, executive director/CEO of UP Home
Health Hospice; and Lindsay Hemmila, director of community services for UP Home Health Hospice.

Join this company and contribute to the MRHC capital campaign today! Contact Sarah Janda
at 906.226.3571 or sarah@marquettehistory.org

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Special Exhibit

Now Open!
Celebrating 80 Years at Bay Cliff Health Camp

Now - June 1

From a dairy farm to feeding the undernourished, Bay Cliff has developed to serve the physically disabled. Elba Morse, RN and Dr. Goldie Cornelieson began the camp during the Depression to help undernourished children in the Upper Peninsula. With the polio epidemic of the 1940s, its mission expanded to reach out to physically disabled children, a mission it continues today. Visitors can see early therapeutic devices and view historic film of the campers. Learn why campers and staff keep coming back to this "place apart."

Upcoming Events

Saturdays at the Center
May theme:  Spring is in the Air

May 18, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Open house format; come any time!
It's time to welcome the warming weather. Come see dancers celebrate spring with an outdoor performance, make a May Basket of flowers and do a little spring planting to take home. Marquette Folk Dancers perform at 1:00 pm with traditional Elizabethan English dances, followed by a demo and time for you to try a dance yourself!  Activities will be inside the gallery if bad weather. Enjoy all of this among our world class permanent exhibit regional history gallery and our special exhibit about Bay Cliff Health Camp that is up until June 1. All activities are included with admission fees.

Saturdays at the Center -the Third-Saturday Series at the History Center is an open house format hands-on and activity day featuring a new theme each month through May.

8th Annual Holy Cross Cemetery Tour

Thursday, May 30, 6:30 pm, meet at the Wright Street entrance.
Holy Cross Cemetery is the burial site for many of
Marquette's first French Canadian, Irish, German, Italian and native American residents as well as Catholic clergy and nuns. Many of the 1860s Catholic Cemetery tombstones are placed there. Hear interesting stories of some of Marquette's well known citizens buried there and the fascinating history of the old cemetery.
$5.00 suggested donation.

Ways You Can Help

There are many ways to support the Marquette Regional History Center! You can become a member, make a donation to the new building capital campaign, volunteer, or just bring your friends and family by to visit the beautiful, immersive, interactive exhibits which highlight local history from the Paleolithic culture through present day.

MRHC receives MCACA grant

The Marquette Regional History Center has been awarded a $17,000 grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. The grant will go toward MRHC general operations. 

"The History Center is grateful for the support of MCACA," said Kaye Hiebel, Executive Director of the MRHC. "This grant will be used to defray the costs of running the new building ... we will devote more time to programming and less time fundraising. What a great gift that is!"

Visit Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs for more details about the recipients of the MCACA grants.

Thank you, MCACA!

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Our location in 1969

We believe the preservation of the cultural and physical history of our area brings an understanding to the past and present, and provides a guide for the future. The Marquette Regional History Center not only maintains exhibits, artifacts and a research library, it is a forum for engaging the community and creating links between people. 
-Our Mission

 Marquette Regional History Center  |  906-226-3571 | 145 W. Spring St. Marquette, MI 49855  |  ©2012