Click Arrow for Preview ... Button BELOW Will Show Multiple Interview Videos ( click arrow in center of frame below to start preview ... turn on sound )We’re eagerly looking forward to completion of our first DVD of Norway’s oral history; this trailer contains several interview segments with residents who recall the World War II years and their experiences in the service or at home. A few scenes from “Old Norway” displays at our museumNorway High School Veterans’ Project 2014TO VIEW ENTIRE SET OF FOUR VIDEOS, CLICK ICON AT LEFTWe’re open for the season! Fri, Sat, Sun 1-4 pmThe Jake Menghini Museum opened for summer visitors on Friday, May 29, 2015. Tours will be given each weekend from May 29, 2015 thru September 27, 2015, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between the hours of one p.m. and four p.m. The guided tours cost is $3.00 per adult with children thru seniors in High School admitted at no charge. Memberships are available for $100.00 (Lifetime) or $7.00 for yearly memberships.When Vikings & Giantkillers Became Knights!50th Anniversary of Norway-Vulcan School ConsolidationBefore they became the Norway-Vulcan ‘Knights,’ there were the Norway ‘Vikings’ and the Vulcan ‘Giantkillers.’ This year, the center display in Jake’s building will feature a tribute to the Norway and Vulcan Schools. In 1965 the first class graduated from the newly consolidated Norway-Vulcan School. Congratulations on the 50th anniversary of this consolidation. The display includes articles in the ‘McKinley School’ from the Norway Schools and the Vulcan Schools prior to 1964, and the center display of the Museum features the 50 years since the consolidation. This is a very special display which you will have the privilege to view this summer. Please call ahead for larger group tours, we will be happy to accommodate your group or organization.
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Hours of operation:
Memorial Day thru
late September ---
Fri, Sat, Sun 1- 4 pm
Daily fee:
Adults - $3.00;
Children through
high school - free
How to find us:
We are located in
Norway, Michigan,
100 miles north of
Green Bay, 50 miles
west of Escanaba,
and 10 miles east
of Iron Mountain.
More info and map
on Location page.
Contact info:
(906) 563-5586
Jake Menghini
Historical Museum
P.O. Box 99
Norway MI 49870
Email address in
column at right.
Membership
We invite our visitors
to consider becoming
members of the Jake
Menghini Museum
Foundation;
$7 / yr, $100 Lifetime
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Click Arrow for Preview ... Button BELOW Will Show Multiple Interview Videos
( click arrow in center of frame below to start preview ... turn on sound )
We’re eagerly looking forward to completion of our first DVD of Norway’s oral
history; this trailer contains several interview segments with residents who recall
the World War II years and their experiences in the service or at home.
A few scenes from “Old Norway” displays at our museum
Norway High School Veterans’ Project 2014
TO VIEW ENTIRE SET OF FOUR
VIDEOS, CLICK ICON AT LEFT
We’re open for the season! Fri, Sat, Sun 1-4 pm
The Jake Menghini Museum opened for summer visitors on Friday, May 29, 2015.
Tours will be given each weekend from May 29, 2015 thru September 27, 2015, on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday between the hours of one p.m. and four p.m. The guided tours cost
is $3.00 per adult with children thru seniors in High School admitted at no charge.
Memberships are available for $100.00 (Lifetime) or $7.00 for yearly memberships.
When Vikings & Giantkillers Became Knights!
50th Anniversary of Norway-Vulcan School Consolidation
Before they became the Norway-Vulcan ‘Knights,’ there were the Norway ‘Vikings’ and
the Vulcan ‘Giantkillers.’ This year, the center display in Jake’s building will feature a
tribute to the Norway and Vulcan Schools. In 1965 the first class graduated from the
newly consolidated Norway-Vulcan School. Congratulations on the 50th anniversary of
this consolidation. The display includes articles in the ‘McKinley School’ from the Norway
Schools and the Vulcan Schools prior to 1964, and the center display of the Museum
features the 50 years since the consolidation. This is a very special display which you will
have the privilege to view this summer. Please call ahead for larger group tours, we will
be happy to accommodate your group or organization.
