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Join The Beaumier UP Heritage Center on Wednesday February 24th at 7pm for a lecture on worker and mine safety in the Upper Peninsula mining industry. This virtual lecture will explore the efforts to advance safety protocols in the mining industry. You can access this event from our Facebook page.

"Improving Worker and Mine Safety" is in association with the Center's current exhibition "Conflict and Resolve: Labor History of the UP". The exhibition is currently open only to NMU students, faculty, and staff due to Covid-19 safety restrictions.

Our lecturer, James Paquette, served on the advisory board of the exhibition and loaned items for display. After 35 years of service, Paquette retired from Cliffs Natural Resources/ Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. During his tenure, he held several leadership positions, including Senior Staff Safety & health Representative. He is a certified Mine Safety professional. While working at Cleveland Cliffs, Paquette was also an active organizer and officer in the united Steelworkers of America, where his work included founding a publication to inform about iron mines.

The Beaumier UP Heritage Center is a museum and educational center on the campus of Northern Michigan University. It celebrates the history and culture of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center

The Beaumier UP Heritage Center collaborates with Hiawatha Music co-op to present "Songs of Labor" a virtual concert featuring Robert Jones and Matt Watroba. The musical duo boasts more than 20 years of partnership, with a love and respect for traditional American music that reflects history, social change, migration, hopes, and dreams. Find this concert on the Beaumier Facebook page at 7pm on February 11. The link to watch will also be on the Hiawatha Facebook page. The concert is free and donations are appreciated. 
"Songs of Labor" reflects the Beaumier Center's current exhibition on labor history in the UP. The exhibition is open to the campus community, but closed to the public due to covid-19 restrictions. The concert is also the next chapter in the "Live at the Fold" concert series, coordinated by Hiawatha Music co-op.

The Beaumier UP Heritage Center is a museum and educational center on the campus of Northern Michigan University. It celebrates the history and culture of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 

Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center

The Beaumier UP Heritage Center announces its new exhibit, which portrays labor in the Upper Peninsula. Through the use of artifacts, images, and interpretive text, the exhibit portrays facets of the labor industry, including the Knights of Labor, development of unions, strikes in mining and labor industries, the role of corporate paternalism, service to the community, and safety in the mines.

Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, the exhibit is currently only open to students, faculty, and staff at NMU. A maximum of 10 people can view the exhibit at once. Call Dan Truckey at 227-1219 to schedule a campus group or class visit. The exhibit is open from Saturday January 30th until Saturday May 29th, Monday through Friday 10am to 5pm and Saturdays 12pm to 4pm.

Development of the exhibit is credited to the UP Regional Labor Federation, Ishpeming Area Historical Society, History department at NMU, Cliffs Natural Resources, Central UP and NMU Archives, and the Beaumier Center. 

The Beaumier Center thanks the students in HS342 - Intro to Museum Studies, for their assistance in installation. The Center also thanks the Construction Management students from CN459 in fall 2020, who crafted three new display cases for the gallery. 

Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center

This Friday, January 29 at 9pm EST on WNMU TV check out the next installment of the Beaumier Heritage Documentary Series: Winter Wonderland is a 1995 film written and produced by Ironwood based filmmaker Bill Jamerson about Michigan's many winter sports.

Winter Wonderland showcases a combination of archival footage, old photographs, interviews of athletes and resort owners, and location cinematography to portray this classic Michigan culture. 

Sounds like the perfect way to spend a snowy evening! Winter Wonderland will also be available to stream on the WNMU-TV website for thirty days after the broadcast. https://wnmuvideo.nmu.edu/show/wnmu-tv/