The Museum’s capital campaign keeps rolling along!
We have received $2.5 million in pledges as of April 2010, nearly half-way to our goal. Now is a great time to invest in this project. With the 3:1 match from our National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant, your gift is guaranteed to be worth an additional 25%! If you haven’t pledged yet, please take the time to do so. Where else can you make an investment in your community and visibly see the results everyday? If you would like to donate please download the plegde form here.
We broke ground in November of 2009 and construction is underway! It will take about one year to build the new exhibits, reception hall, education classroom, library and museum store. The new facility will be open in November of 2010.
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The Marquette County History Museum has received a $600,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).  One of the five largest challenge grants awarded nationwide, it recognizes MCHM’s excellence and commitment to humanities programming. NEH, an independent federal agency created in 1965, is the largest funder of humanities programs in the United States. The Museum is required to match NEH funds on a three-to-one basis. It challenges the community to match this grant by inspiring $1.8M in local donations. If you want your pledge to be a part of the match, contact Capital Campaign Manager Jon Becker.
For the full press release, click here.
Michigan Humanities Council awards Marquette County History Museum
$15,000 for interactive exhibit
The Marquette County History Museum has been awarded a Michigan Humanities Council grant for $15,000 for the development of an  interactive computer station in the Arrivals and Departures Exhibit. This exhibit examines the role of Upper Michigan veterans on the front, and their families at home, during military engagements from the Civil War through the Cold War. It presents personal stories of people and families, illustrating how they coped with the extraordinary times of war. The interactive computer station will include letters and audio clips from veterans and their families and a database of veterans. Topics examined include the role of the media in the various conflicts, the role of Upper Michigan’s resources in the arsenal of defense, the atomic bomb and the threat of communism. It will encourage visitors to post their family’s stories about the wars and ask questions.
The Arrivals and Departures Exhibit has been developed by a committee made up of museum staff and community members Dan Benstrom, Sam Elder, Steve Mahaffey, John Moschetti, Dick Rupley and Gary White. Committee members help decide content, secure artifacts and photographs, and conduct interviews.
The exhibit will be located at the new Marquette County History Museum facility—formerly the MarqTran bus station on Spring Street in downtown Marquette. The museum will be under construction for the next year and is scheduled to open during the summer of 2010. The exhibit space is over 8,000 square feet and traces the history of the region including the development of natural resources, the role of Lake Superior, the first inhabitants, the fur trade, and the settlement and development of Upper Peninsula communities through present day.
Additional information is available by contacting the
Marquette County History Museum at 906-226-3571.
For additional information on the Michigan Humanities Council, please visit: www.michiganhumanities.org or call 517-372-7770. The Michigan Humanities Council is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Men leaving for service in World War I from the Ishpeming train station.
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