Picture Exploration - Carnegie Museum

Learn about the history of some of the Keweenaw's iconic buildings!

1. Use the sliders to view the historic and modern photos of the building.
2. In small groups or individually, compare and contrast the pictures and discuss how the building has changed over time.
3. Use context clues to guess what function this building had back then.

• Do you know what the building is used for today?
• Expand the text box below the photos to learn more!

Telescoping Values

• Telescoping values is an idea that when something has value, it leads to another thing of value. This other thing could be other buildings, organizations, and other values, etc.
• One example of this is that books lead to the value of knowledge, knowledge leads to the value of education, and education leads to the value of a library.

Questions:

• What other values lead to the formation of further values?

• Can you think of any buildings in your town that were created because of community values?

 

 

Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw - 105 Huron Street, Houghton, MI

This is the present-day Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw. It was built in 1910 and was the Houghton Public Library for 96 years until 2006.

 

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