• 2008 State of 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 Department of History, Arts and Libraries and approves Michigan Historical Markers. The governor appoints commission members to four-year terms.

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.

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

Commission members:

2009 Meeting Schedule

• January 29
• March 5
• April 16
• June 3 - held on Mackinac Island
• September 24
• 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 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.

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

Updated 05/22/2009

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