Opening Day 

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Opening Day for Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center is Saturday, May 25, 2024.

New for 2024, the author exhibit area will highlight two new authors; Timothy Cochrane and Staci Drouillard.

• Tim Cochrane has researched and written several books, most recently Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater.
• Staci Lola Drouillard is a Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe direct descendant. She lives and works in her hometown of Kitchibitobig—Grand Marais, MN. Her newest book is A Family Tree, a children's book telling the story of a white spruce sapling planted in the rocky soil at Grand Portage and transplanted to Auntie’s yard when the family moves away from the reservation.

We hope everyone will spend a few minutes at this new author exhibit and perhaps purchase one of the books these wonderfully talented local authors have shared with us.

More at Chik-Wauk:

• The Temporary Exhibit will feature “Recognizing the Gifts of the Forest” presenting plants of the area.
• The Museum, the American Plan Interpretive Cabin, and the Trapper Shack Exhibit Building will be open daily from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• The Nature Center will be open daily from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• The Watercraft Exhibit Building will be open daily from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• New local crafters have been added to the gift shop, stop by and check out the new exhibits.

We look forward to welcoming you back to Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center this season!

Open daily until October 20, 2024.

Admission rates are $6 for adults 19 – 64, and $3 for children 5 – 18. Discounts for senior citizens and Military.

Donations are always appreciated. Take your time driving up the Gunflint Trail National Scenic Byway!