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(Calumet, MI) The National Park Service’s Calumet Visitor Center has new days and hours of operation for the winter. The visitor center will be open from January 2 – April 30, 2016, Friday and Saturday, 10:00am to 3:00pm. The visitor center will be open extended hours during special event weekends in the winter.
The NPS’s Calumet Visitor Center provides orientation to the park and its partner Keweenaw Heritage Sites as well as a sales area for interpretive materials operated by the Isle Royale & Keweenaw Parks Association. The primary focus of the facility is the exhibit, Risk and Resilience: Life In a Copper Mining Community. Everyone is encouraged to visit the free facility and enjoy the artifact-rich exhibits, self-guided building tours, and rotating temporary exhibits.
For more information please contact Keweenaw National Historical Park at (906) 337-3168 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/kewe. For updated visitor center hours and information contact the Calumet Visitor Center at (906) 483-3176.
