Copper Range Historical Museum to host Open House June 4

SOUTH RANGE -- The Copper Range Historical Museum, 44 Trimountain Ave., South Range, Mich., will host an Open House from noon to 3 p.m. this Saturday, June 4, to celebrate the museum’s first day of operation in the summer 2011 season. Admission to the Open House is free.

The Copper Range Historical Museum in South Range will host an Open House from noon to 3 p.m. this Saturday, June 4. Free admission. (Photo courtesy Karen Johnson, secretary, Copper Range Historical Society and Museum of South Range)

The Copper Range Historical Museum’s collection of displays, artifacts, and photos provides visitors with a sense of what life was like for copper miners and their families during the copper boom years in the late 19th and early- to mid-20th centuries.

Copper Range Historical Museum hours are noon to 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday, June 4 through October 1. The museum is closed on Mondays in June and September. A $1 donation is suggested; children and museum members are admitted free.

This summer the museum is participating -- with more than 1,300 other museums nationwide -- in the National Endowment for the Arts’ Blue Star Museums program, which offers free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families.

To contact the museum, call 906-482-6125. To arrange a free group tour, call 906-482-6844.