Pickford Area Historical Museum

Pickford Area Historical Museum The Pickford Area Historical Society & Museum (PAHS) is located in a beautiful historic building (National Register of historic places) on Main Street.

Admission is free to view history dated back to 1877 with over 4000 artifacts. Established in 2001. Our exhibits include 4,000 artifacts showcasing our rich history in:

• lumbering/logging
• farming
• educational heritage
• early commerce
• military
• home arts and service clubs

Local churches take turns show-casing their history and private collections/hobbies round out our annual loan exhibit

s. The ancestral portrait wall frames an extensive collection of genealogies and other resource material for public perusal. The collections rotate in and out of archives to keep the exhibit floor fresh each year. We also have an interactive children's exhibit. The Pickford Quilters demonstrate hand quilting each summer. The quilts created from this demonstration are raffled the following summer.

09/03/2026
08/28/2026
This photo is of the participants in the Pickford Centennial Beard Contest in 1977. Who in the picture can you identify...
08/22/2026

This photo is of the participants in the Pickford Centennial Beard Contest in 1977. Who in the picture can you identify?

UPDATE: Here's what we have so far:
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2: Alex Harrison
3: Dale Reich
4: Dean Wise
5: Jim Miller
6: Jim Rye
7: Barney Brown
8: Dave Nayback
9: Clarence Nayback
10: Huey Leach
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12: Tim Greenough
13: Vern Rye
14: Bill Wise
15: Bill McDonald
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17: Bill Watson
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20: Gary Rutledge
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22: Arthur Adam
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26: Bob Slater
27: Howard Bawks
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08/14/2026
Last day of History Camp. What a week of learning! Today’s guest speaker was Mr. Wes Ailing of the Sault Tribe of Chippe...
08/13/2026

Last day of History Camp. What a week of learning! Today’s guest speaker was Mr. Wes Ailing of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He is a master storyteller who shared the history of his tribe and clan with the students. It is a solemn reminder of how to be kind to one another and appreciate our differences, and the things we have in common. Thank you Les for sharing with us today.

History Camp Day #3 - we ROCKED it! We were ROCKIN’! 🛘🪨🛘You may have guessed by now that we learned a lot about rocks...
08/12/2026

History Camp Day #3 - we ROCKED it! We were ROCKIN’! 🛘🪨🛘
You may have guessed by now that we learned a lot about rocks, especially in the U.P. The primary focus today was YOOPERLITE rocks! Our guest speaker was the famous and one-of-a kind Erik Rintamaki from Brimley who discovered and named Yooperlites.
Erik brought many rock samples, handed out special lights to the students to look for their own Yooperlites and other rocks that glow. Erik shared several stories of how hunting for rocks has taken him all over the world and led him to have many adventures.
You can visit his Yooperlites page and YouTube page to learn more.

Address

PO Box 572, 175 E Main Street
Pickford, MI
49774

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3pm
Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

+19066471372

Website

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