• 2009 State of Michigan Heritage Report [PDF]
• Meeting Schedule
• Commission Members

The Michigan Historical Commission has been the public arm of state history programs since 1913. It advises the director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and approves Michigan Historical Markers. The governor appoints commission members to four-year terms.

The members of the Michigan Historical Commission also serve as members of the Michigan Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee.

Commission Members:

Michigan Historical Commissioner Tom Truscott presents Eastpointe Fire Chief Danny Hagen with the 2009 Swainson Award. Learn about Chief Hagen's fire truck restoration project and see a photo of the truck and restoration crew.

Each year, the Michigan Historical Commission presents the Governor John B. Swainson Award to state and local government employees who do not work in the field of history but have made exceptional contributions to preserving and interpreting the stories of Michigan's past. Nominations for the 2012 award must be submitted by April 1.

2012 Meeting Schedule

• January 26
   
• March 1
   
• April 19
  Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum,
  Grand Rapids
   
• June 21 (time TBA)
  Annual Meeting, Mackinac Island
   
• September 20
   
• December 6

Unless noted otherwise, Michigan Historical Commission meetings are held in the Commission Room (fifth floor, east wing) of the Michigan Library and Historical Center. All meetings begin at 10 a.m. and are open to the public.

The Michigan Library and Historical Center is located at 702 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing. Visitor parking is on the north side of Kalamazoo Street, two blocks east of M. L. King Jr. Boulevard. Here's more information about how to find us.

Contact the Michigan Historical Commission.

Updated 02/06/2012