• 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 Department of History, Arts and Libraries and approves Michigan Historical Markers. The governor appoints commission members to four-year terms.

Each year the Michigan Historical Commission presents the Governor John B. Swainson Awardto 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.

Commission members:

2008 Meeting Schedule

• January 9 - Lake Huron Room, 2nd floor
• February 20
• April 23 (note change; original date was April 30)
• June 18
• September 17
• November 19

Unless noted otherwise, Michigan Historical Commission meetings are held in the Lake Superior Room, next to the Allegan Street entrance of the Michigan Library and Historical Center. All meetings begin at 1 p.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.

Telephone (517) 373-1650 or send e-mail to PatrickM@michigan.gov for more information.

Updated 03/07/2008

Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
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