MARQUETTE — The Marquette History Center will have maps of the Great Lakes and Marquette County on display through Jan. 31.

Maps are a valuable tool for seeing history at work. Maps have been used as an aid to all types of transportation, from steamboat routes to today’s single-track bike trails. They are also used as a marketing tool, for reference and as entertainment.

Patrons can see how mapmakers have sometimes misled their viewers and how the landscape and surroundings have changed.

For more information on the special exhibit, go online to marquettehistory.org or call 906-226-3571.