A.
E. Seaman Mineralogical Museum
Houghton, MI 49931, (906) 487-2572. Minerals of the Upper and Lower Peninsulas,
copper, silver, crystals, fluorescent minerals, local mining history.
Coppertown, U. S. A., Calumet, MI. Copper mining
history, specimens, and relics.
Cranbrook Institute of Science Museum
500 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013-0801, 645-3213. General science
museum with excellent mineral displays
Gerald Eddy Geology Center, Waterloo, MI. State
Park "sticker" needed for entry
Gitche Gumee Agates History Museum
Grand Marals, MI 49839. Open daily 4 PM - 9 PM in July-August; open
Friday-Sunday 4 PM - 8 PM in June, September, and October. Karen Brzys is
Curator of large collection of Lake Superior agates, worldwide agates, and
related materials; museum also covers history of the area.
Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW,
Grand Rapids, MI. Open daily
Houghton County Historical Museum
Lake Linden, MI. "Everything" relating to Copper Country
Jackson Mine Museum, Negaunee, MI. History of
iron mining in Michigan.
Jesse Besser Museum
491 Johnson St., Alpena, MI. Rare copper artifacts found in Alpena; other Native
American artifacts include bannerstones and birdstones.
Kemp Mineral Museum
Lake Superior State University, 1000 College Dr., Sault Ste. Marie, MI; Dr.
David M. Knowles, Curator, (906) 632-9537 or 635-2267. W & M Chance collection,
open Monday-Friday 8 AM - 8 PM
Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing, MI.
Minerals, fossils, mining memorabilia, and more.
Michigan State
University Museum
West Circle Dr., MSU, E. Lansing, MI 98824-1045, (517) 432-4172. Open
Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM.
Hall of Evolution
Old Victoria
4 miles south of Victoria, MI. Rebuilt mining village and remains of
Victoria Mine, a unique facility operated entirely by compressed air
from a water-powered hydraulic compressor.
Quincy Mine Hoist
Hancock, MI. Tours of underground and world's largest steam hoist;
relics, locomotives, and mining railroad items
University of
Michigan
Dept. of Geological Sciences, 2534 C. C. Little Building, 425 East
University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (734) 764-1435. Collections of
rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils
University of Michigan Exhibit Museum, Ann
Arbor, MI. Fossils, minerals, and geology.
Wayne State University, Geology Dept. Museum, Detroit, MI 48202, (313) 577-2510.
