Iron Industry Museum
Shallow Hole Trailer Drill at Ishpeming Centennial Parade, 1954. From the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Mining Company records, Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives.
About
Located eight miles west of the City of Marquette, the Iron Industry Museum overlooks the Carp River and the site of the first iron manufactory in the Lake Superior region. The museum tells the story of Michigan’s three iron ranges and the people who worked them, through dramatic exhibits, audio-visual programs, and outdoor interpretive trails. A high-definition video, “Iron Spirits: Life on the Michigan Iron Range,” is shown six times daily in the museum’s 88-seat auditorium. The museum also offers an active education program including community outreach, seasonal events, a lecture series, and the Future Historians, a youth association that meets monthly during the school year.
Website: https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/museums/miim
Contact Information:
73 Forge Road
Negaunee, MI 49866
(906) 475-7857
MHCinfo@michigan.gov