Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum

Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum An authentic restored Finnish homestead in Upper Michigan dating from the early 1900's. This Homestead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum is located on its original site in Askel, Michigan. This homestead was initiated in 1896 by the Herman and Mina Hanka Finnish immigrant family. This restored ten-building 40-acre outdoor museum provides a window for visitors to observe how immigrant families faced with setbacks and minimal resources could survive and thrive by using their skills and knowledge in

Michigan's Upper Peninsula wildness. Its visitors experience how the Homestead Act of 1862 benefited immigrants, including many Finns. The Hanka Family's story also demonstrates that Homesteads benefited copper miners who were injured on the job. The homestead (abandoned in the 1960s) was discovered and restored in the 1980s under the leadership of Superior Restorations and its president Alan Pape, who established an all-volunteer organization. He restored this “diamond in the rough” to inform future generations about life and living conditions in the 1920s. This museum opened to the public in 1985 and is a cooperating Heritage Site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park. In addition, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. This Homestead is one of the few historical sites in the state that has been restored toitse original location with many of its original artifacts. The museum is owned and operated by the all-volunteer Hanka Homestead Association.

Kiitos, Kivajat Dreaming of Finland, we are looking forward to seeing you there.
05/30/2026

Kiitos, Kivajat Dreaming of Finland, we are looking forward to seeing you there.

☀️ SUMMER SOLSTICE ☀️

Join us on June 21, 2026, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. at the Folk School building in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park for our Summer Solstice Celebration. Celebrate the longest day of the year at this free community event featuring games, performances by the Finnish Kivajat Dancers, a letting-go ceremony and s'mores around the bonfire.

Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum volunteers are preparing for our new season. Here's some of them at a recent Red Cross Fi...
05/16/2026

Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum volunteers are preparing for our new season. Here's some of them at a recent Red Cross First Aid Training at the Quincy Mine. Kiitos, fellow Keweenaw National Historical Park heritage sites..

Hanka Homestead is opening for scheduled tours Memorial Day weekend May 23, 2026.On May 18, 2026, approx. 9 am Volunteer...
05/11/2026

Hanka Homestead is opening for scheduled tours Memorial Day weekend May 23, 2026.
On May 18, 2026, approx. 9 am Volunteers are invited to assist us in preparing for the coming tourist season. Bring gloves, lunch, and water. Free tour. See you at Hanka.

Copper Country is unique because its counties have the USA's greatest concentration of residents with Finnish ethnic roo...
05/05/2026

Copper Country is unique because its counties have the USA's greatest concentration of residents with Finnish ethnic roots, which explains why the City of Hancock was selected as the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital. Finlandia Foundation has been working with Copper Country Finns and Friends to celebrate Finnish American heritage and Finno-Ugric cultural roots, including this year's Juhannus Summer Solstice Celebration from June 18 to 21.
For more about this year's celebration of Finno-Ugric roots, see

Finlandia Foundation National is proud to share that Hancock, Michigan, has been named the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture, a meaningful recognition that...

02/27/2026

Finnish SISU 🇫🇮💪 explains why so many Finns settled in Copper County, including the Hanka Family.

Happy post-Heikinpäivä from Copper County, which has the highest concentration of America's Finnish immigrants.https://e...
02/04/2026

Happy post-Heikinpäivä from Copper County, which has the highest concentration of America's Finnish immigrants.https://ethnicity.lib.mtu.edu/groups_Finns.html #:~:text=Finnish%20immigration%20to%20Michigan's%20copper,Synod)%20or%20rejected%20faith%20altogether.

Forecast: winter, with a chance of more winter! 🌨️ The Keweenaw is well past the 200" mark—dare we dream for a record breaking season?
🔗 https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/outdoors/winter-activities/snowfall-trail-conditions/

For those of you who missed seeing Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum's President Oscar Heikkinen overseeing 2026 Heikinpäiv...
02/04/2026

For those of you who missed seeing Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum's President Oscar Heikkinen overseeing 2026 Heikinpäivä, you can still celebrate as the weather heats up to to the toasty 20°sF.

Our president, Oscar Heikkinen (the Hankookin Heikki on the right) and others braving sub-freezing weather to celebrate ...
01/28/2026

Our president, Oscar Heikkinen (the Hankookin Heikki on the right) and others braving sub-freezing weather to celebrate the 2026 Heikinpäivä in Hancock, MI, festivities, Saturday, January 24. The Wooden "Tsirk" Sculpture to mark the City of Hancock's designation as the 2026 Hancock as the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture (a family of peoples and languages in Northern Europe, Siberia, and Hungary). For more about Hankookin Heikki and Hancock being the first Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture in the USA, see https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/heikinpaiva/hankookin-heikki/

01/15/2026

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13249 Hanka Road
Baraga, MI
49908

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(906) 334-2601

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