Preserving the beautiful history of Wakefield, Michigan and the Gogebic Range.

Wakefield Historical Society Museum Michigan Sunday Lake Visitors Center

Important Updates

We will be open for extended hours on July 4th, from 11am until 4pm.

We will be having our grand reopening ceremony on July 5th, 2025, from 1pm until 4pm to commemorate the new displays and work done to the museum building. Treats and drinks provided. Enjoy a ribbon cutting ceremony, writing a note for our time capsule, and check out the new displays here at the museum!

We Sell Wakefield High School and Wakefield-Marenisco School Yearbooks!

We have a variety of Wakefield High School and Wakefield-Marenisco School yearbooks available for purchase, ranging from the early 1920s until the early 2000s. Our yearbooks are available for a donation of only $5 per book plus shipping. Years available and quantities depend entirely on our excess yearbook stock. Please contact us directly at wakefieldmihistoricalsociety@gmail.com or collections@wakefieldmihistoricalsociety.org and let us know what yearbook(s) you’re interested in.

The purpose of the

Wakefield Historical Society

is to preserve and exhibit the history of the Upper Peninsula, particularly the Wakefield area of Gogebic County, and to promote local historical study, research, and publication.

306 Sunday Lake Street, Wakefield, MI 49968

Call us at (906) 224-1045