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City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture

Arts & Culture : Visual Arts , Gallery / Studio ; Education / Instruction ; Library ; Municipal / Civic

The City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture serves to encourage, develop, and facilitate a rich environment of artistic, creative, and cultural activity in Marquette and acts as an umbrella organization for local arts and culture groups. The Arts Center is located in the lower level of the Peter White Public Library. In addition to providing gallery and workshop space, averages 263 visitors per day and provides services to more than 300 local artists and organizations. The division was organized in 1992 and relocated to the renovated Peter White Public Library in 2000. In addition to being a regional center of arts and culture activities, the division provides the following services and programs: workshops, art exhibitions, community art projects, performances events, meeting space for arts organizations, an arts calendar, and coordination of national and local heritage festivals.

Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library

Library ; Municipal / Civic ; Nonprofit

The Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library is located in Ishpeming’s downtown on the corner of Main St. and Barnum. This historic building provides the community with many resources and services including, but not limited to, an extensive catalog, public computers, free WiFi, events and programming, and a friendly and helpful staff.

Marquette Regional History Center

Arts & Culture : History & Heritage , Performing Arts , Film / Video , Gallery / Studio ; Business / Retail ; Education / Instruction ; Library ; Nonprofit ; Sports & Outdoors

Welcome to the Marquette Regional History Center We believe the preservation of the cultural and physical history of our area brings an understanding to the past and present, and provides a guide for the future. The Marquette Regional History Center not only maintains exhibits, artifacts and a research library, it is a forum for engaging the community and creating links between people. -Our Mission The Marquette Regional History Center is a 501c3, private non-profit organization that was established in 1918. We receive no public funding. We rely on membership, fundraising events, donations, rentals and admission fees to continue to provide our community and visitors with high quality, educational programming and exhibits. We invite you to learn more about the History Center.

Peter White Public Library

Arts & Culture : History & Heritage , Gallery / Studio ; Education / Instruction ; Library ; Municipal / Civic ; Nonprofit

Peter White Public Library (PWPL) is located on the corner of Front and Ridge Streets near downtown Marquette, Michigan. Founded in 1871, the Peter White Public Library has served Marquette area residents for more than a century. Peter White Library is the largest public library in the fifteen counties of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Service contracts with Chocolay, Ewing, Marquette, Sands, Skandia, Turin, Wells and West Branch Townships have added to the area that is served by PWPL. Its service population, including the City of Marquette and the nine surrounding contracted townships, has grown to over 36,000 people. The number of library card holders has increased from approximately 6,500 in 1958 to more than 22,700 today.

Peter White Public Library Youth Services

Education / Instruction ; Library ; Municipal / Civic ; Nonprofit

Programming for kids ages 0-18.

Queen City Seed Library

Association/Club/Group ; Education / Instruction ; Library ; Sports & Outdoors

The Queen City Seed Library was established by area seed savers ensure a population of seeds adapted to our northern climate and freely available to the community. The library is located in the old card catalog at the Peter White Public Library. Seed library users can check out seeds to plant in the spring, save seeds from a few of the plants and return the saved seeds for next year. If you have any questions please send us an email. If you’re not yet a seed saver, but are interested in learning, join us at one of the events we host throughout the year: Marquette Seed Swap, the Marquette Plant Swap, seed saving educational events, and an annual potluck.