Old Oconto Copper Culture Site / Museum

10/04/2021

Fall colors and sights on closing day at Old Oconto Copper Culture Museum October 3, 2021.

Thanks to all our guests and tour guides Alec and Carol for a great season See you Memorial Day weekend 2022.

The State Park and all the trails are open all year long, use as often as you like, Make it a family affair.

09/16/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgLXxgiRFCM

Ric Mixter plunges into history in the Copper Country, exploring four shipwrecks and the stories behind them. From abandoned copper mills to two massive dred...

09/07/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvEp6aTZbLk

Axe and celt chopping demonstration by Larry Kinsella, full grooved axe, 3/4 grooved axe, celts and tally marks also used as chisels or wedges.

09/05/2021

Lador Day Weekend friends to Copper Culture, Very knowledgeable about Old Copper Culture and Isle Royale National Park Thanks for stopping

08/28/2021

Recent visitors to the museum, A chair is waiting for you, Stop by.

08/27/2021

https://news.umich.edu/farm-field-find-rewrites-archaeological-history-in-michigan/?fbclid=IwAR1HhrkMu3wGWDOKi08j_w0gz_gKCiv6TntCAylv4WrTpl9juSKYQ6VlQ7A

Thirteen thousand years ago, most of Michigan was covered in a wall of ice up to a mile high. Archaeologists believed this kept some of the continent's earliest people, a group called Clovis after their distinctive spear points, from settling in the region. But an independent researcher along wit

08/18/2021

Thirteen Striped Ground Squirrel

07/17/2021

https://www.facebook.com/archaeologymag/

Archaeology Magazine tells the story of the human past by exploring the latest discoveries.

07/09/2021

Recent Mother Teacher and her son visitors to the Museum examining a 400 million year old fossel filled rock

07/09/2021

Due to Highway / Roundabout construction Copper Culture Park Museum will be closed July 8 and 9, 2021