Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center
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| Established | 1998 |
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| Location | 29270 County Highway G, Ashland, Wisconsin United States (near the corner of Highway G and U.S. Route 2) |
| Type | Visitor center, museum, community space and nature center |
| Key holdings | Regional archive office of the Wisconsin Historical Society (on second floor) |
| Collections | Historical displays of regional interest, especially of natural history |
| Owner | US Forest Service |
| Website | nglvc |
The Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center is a visitor center and natural history museum located west of Ashland, Wisconsin, near the corner of Highway G and U.S. Highway 2. The facility is open five days per week (Tuesday through Saturday) and offers free admission.[1]
Facility
[edit]The facility opened in 1998, and is operated through a partnership that includes the US Forest Service, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Historical Society, University of Wisconsin–Extension, and the Friends of the Center Alliance, Limited.[2]
The center has three floors of exhibits, with the first floor housing the natural history exhibits, information center, conference room, gift shop, and the Martin Hansen Theatre. A large variety of historical and science-related documentaries can be viewed in the Theatre, at the request of visitors.
The second floor is the home of a regional archive office, of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Behind the building is a ¾-mile interpretive boardwalk trail that winds along a black ash swamp, sedge meadow, and mature cedar and tamarack swamp.
Exhibits
[edit]The main permanent exhibit on the first floor offers an extensive display of the natural history of the region, particularly as it relates to Lake Superior. A smaller exhibit space on the second floor is home to a periodically changing exhibit, which usually relates more to regional human history, rather than natural history.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Travel Wisconsin". TravelWisconsin.com. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "NGLVC Website". NGLVC website. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "NGLVC Website". NGLVC website. Retrieved 20 January 2017.