Current Satellite Exhibits

In addition to permanent exhibits at the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum in Houghton, specimens are displayed in satellite locations around the Great Lakes. If you’re in these locations, visit our exhibit.

  • State of Michigan Welcome Center, St. Ignace, Michigan, just north of Mackinaw Bridge
  • State of Michigan Welcome Center, Marquette, Michigan
  • Copper Harbor Community Center, Copper Harbor, Michigan
  • Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau, Laurium, Michigan
  • Michigan Tech Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • University of Michigan, C. C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Exhibition at Upcoming Mineral Shows

  • 2022 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

Exhibition at Past Mineral Shows

October 2021 - Greater Detroit Gem Mineral and Fossil Show (exhibit: "Copper Chisel Fans")

September 2021 - Tulip City Gem and Mineral Show, Holland, Michigan (exhibit: "Superior Minerals")

February 2020 - Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (exhibit: "Superior Minerals")

October 2019 - Central Michigan 54th Annual Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Lapidary, & Jewelry Show, Mason, MI (exhibit titled "Semiprecious Gems", shipping exhibit)

September 2019 - Tulip City 50th Annual Gem & Mineral Show, Holland, MI (geode exhibit following the show theme of "Semiprecious Gems", shipping exhibit)

October 2019 - Greater Detroit 75th Annual Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show, Warren, MI (three exhibits titled "Lake Superior Agates", "Semiprecious Gems", and Michigan meteorites)

May 2019 - Kalamazoo 60th Annual Rock, Gem, Fossil and Mineral Show (exhibit titled "Semiprecious Gems", shipping exhibit)

February 2019 - Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (two exhibits titled "How does wulfenite form?")

October 2018 - Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show (two exhibits titled "A Mineralogical Tour of the Great Lakes" and " Michigan's Hamburg Meteorite"

October 2018 - Central Michigan's Annual Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Lapidary, & Jewelry Show (Mason, MI) (exhibit titled "A Mineralogical Tour of the Great Lakes", shipping exhibit)

May 2018 - Kalamazoo Rock and Mineral Show (exhibit titled "Michigan Mineral Masterpieces", shipping exhibit)

February 2018 - Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (two exhibits titled "Classic Keweenaw Copper and Calcite Crystals" and "Merelaniite - 2016 Mineral of the Year")

October 2017 - Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show (exhibit titled Supergene Oxidation: Making Colorful Minerals out of Dark Minerals" fitting the show theme of "The Dark Side of Gems & Minerals")

September 2017 - Tulip City Gem & Mineral Show, Holland, MI (geode exhibit following the show theme of "Geodes - Hidden Treasure")

February 2017 - Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (the show poster specimen from the Phoenix Mine and a selection of specimens following the show theme of "Mineral Treasures of the Midwest.")

October 2016 - Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show (two exhibits: Variscite nodules from Clay Canyon, Utah and faceted fluorite gemstones donated by Harold Dibble)

September 2016 - Denver Gem and Mineral Show (Specimens featured were faceted fluorite gemstones donated by Harold Dibble)

April-May 2016—Cincinnati GeoFair (Specimens featured in the Mineral Record supplement "Mineral Collections in the American Midwest")

February 2016—Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (Selected Mineral Specimens from the recently acquired collection of Paul and Janet Clifford and Separated at Birth, a joint exhibit of a smithsonite stalactite with the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada)

October 2015—Detroit Gem and Mineral Show (Historical Specimens from the University of Michigan Collection and Colorful Fluorite Specimens from the Paul and Janet Clifford Collection) 

September 2015—Denver Gem and Mineral Show (Clay Canyon Variscite Nodules from the G. B. Robbe Collection)

September 2015—Tulip City Gem and Mineral Show, Holland, Michigan (Michigan Datolite Nodules)

February 2015- Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (European Classics from the J. T. Reeder collection)

October 2014—Detroit Gem and Mineral Show (Lake Superior Agates and Discovery of Copper in the Keweenaw) 

September 2014—Denver Gem and Mineral Show (Lake Superior Agates) 

September 2014—Tulip City Gem and Mineral Show, Holland, Michigan (Discovery of Copper in the Keweenaw) 

April 2014—Rochester Mineralogical Symposium (Recent Acquisitions) 

February 2014—Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (Michigan Silvers)