The Center opened in December 1992 with a sales gallery to promote local and regional artists, an exhibition gallery and a youth art gallery. It has grown to include art education programs for people of all ages and skill levels, visiting artists programs, a clay studio, photo darkroom, and performance space, all available for community use. 601 Quincy St. Hancock Suomi College is the nation's only Finnish-American college. The Heritage Center, completed in 1990, houses a museum, theatre, art gallery, Genealogy Center and Finnish American Historical Archives. The sister cities of Houghton and Hancock, located on opposite sides of the Portage Canal, are the gateway to the Keweenaw Peninsula which is surrounded on three sides by Lake Superior.
Visitors enjoy cultural, historical, and recreational activities.
Painters, photographers, weavers, woodworkers, and more, perfect their talents in a land more beautiful than brush can paint or loom can weave. Ramada Inn 99 Navy St., Hancock.