The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is happy to invite the public to the opening of its new gallery space in 223 Harden Hall on the campus of Northern Michigan University with a reception on Saturday, January 31 at 12 p.m. At the opening, the Beaumier Center will be unveiling two new exhibits, “The Conservationists: George Shiras III, Theodore Roosevelt and the Migratory Bird Act” and a permanent gallery of artifacts and stories about NMU. There will be light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres served. The event is free and open to the public. The Beaumier Center’s weekly hours are Monday through Friday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Center’s first temporary exhibit in the space will be “The Conservationists: George Shiras III, Theodore Roosevelt and the Migratory Bird Act.” It focuses on the relationship between Shiras and Roosevelt and how the two helped shape conservation and environmental policy in the United States during the early 1900s. The exhibit will feature actual correspondence between the two figures from the collection of the Central Upper Peninsula and NMU Archives as well as bird mounts from the Northern Museum of Zoology. The exhibition will be on display at the Beaumier Center through May 2.

The second exhibition to be unveiled will be a permanent display of artifacts, photographs and stories about Northern Michigan University. This will include the history of many of the campus structures, stories of early presidents and faculty members and student life. This space will feature a changing array of artifacts from the collection of the Beaumier Center which is the repository for Northern’s history.

For more information on the Beaumier Center and its exhibitions and public programs, please visit our website at www.nmu.edu/beaumier.