Vernacular Architecture Forum on LinkedIn: #vaf2024 (2024)

Interested in attending #VAF2024 ?📅 There is now an event page. Get extra updates, connect with fellow attendees, and get hyped. We hope to see you there!https://fb.me/e/1MAml0rr4

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#VAF2024Joining us at the conference in the UP this coming week? Remember to tag your photos and social media posts! https://lnkd.in/eZcBMF_c

There’s lots to do before and after #VAF2024!Take the underground tour at the Quincy Mine (there might be a few spots left for the tours on Wednesday evening before the conference starts!)Take the tour of the Quincy Smelting Works (possibly Sunday, after the conference ends)Check out partnership sites of Keweenaw National Historical Park (the visitor center is in Calumet)Explore the beaches of Lake Superior

#VAF2024It’s Almost Time! We can’t wait to see you all in Michigan in a matter of days. Ways to get here from there: The tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula is the farthest you can get from an interstate highway in the lower 48 – but getting here is worth it! FLY! The Houghton County Memorial Airport (airport code CMX, which stands for the Canada-Michigan Connection) is ten minutes from the hotel. We will be running van shuttles for you. Two flights a day arrive from Chicago O’Hare. Check the conference website for more details. MAKE IT A ROAD TRIP! The UP Travel and Recreation Association has great suggestions for cultural stops and outdoor activities along the way. Suggested Road Trip Routes:  Start in Detroit and see Mackinac Island and the Mackinac Bridge  Start in Chicago or Milwaukee and pass by Lambeau Field, Wisconsin’s Door County, and Minoqua.  Start in the Twin Cities and explore Duluth, the Apostle Islands, and Porcupine Mountain State Park, always ranked among the best state parks in the country.

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MiniVAN! We've launched the first of our mini-issues of the VAN...the MiniVAN! https://www.vafweb.org/VANInside you’ll find more information about the June #VAF2024 conference in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, along with information about a couple of upcoming conferences and lectures. The MiniVAN will frequently come out between quarterly issues of the VAN. Check out the May 2024 MiniVAN today!

Watch for something new coming soon to an inbox near you!https://www.vafweb.org/VAN(Photo from yesteryear features longtime VAF member, Leland M. Roth, with his VW bus and connecting tent – now that's vernacular. While this may not technically be a minivan, it's great).

#VAF2024 You'll see and do a lot during the course of VAF 2024, but the organizers can't fit all the Keweenaw's historical experiences into the event schedule. Consider adding a day or two to your visit so you can explore these Copper Country attractions:Laurium Manor Inn Copper Harbor Lighthouse tours (via Noah's Ark Charters)Estivant Pines Nature SanctuaryA.E. Seaman Mineral MuseumFort Wilkins State Historic ParkKeweenaw Storytelling CenterKeweenaw Boat Tours Open Skies Project (former Calumet Air Force Radar Station)History of Hockey Museum at Dee Stadiumhttps://lnkd.in/erUFRgiR

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#VAF2024 Wondering where to eat in Houghton? Check out these recommendations! "A Taste of Houghton: Unique Dining Experiences in Downtown Houghton" https://lnkd.in/eJ-VXtzg

Call for VAN content!We need your news to include in the next issue of VAN!Please send announcements to the VAN Editor at vaneditor@vafweb.org by June 20th, please!The Vernacular Architecture Newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Vernacular Architecture Forum. It is sentelectronically in early spring, summer, fall, and winter. The deadlines for submitting news items such as announcements, calls for papers, queries, opportunities, and exhibit reviews are the 20th of March, June, September, and December. The VAN also invites features of no more than ten pages, double-spaced.

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