The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum’s highlights include:

• Outstanding exhibits of minerals from the Great Lakes region
• Two collections exhibited at one museum—the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum's own collection and the University of Michigan mineral collection 
• One of the best fluorescent mineral exhibits in the United States
• Many historic specimens on exhibit that were collected 100 to 200 years ago
• Specimens on exhibit that were collected by Douglass Houghton, the first state geologist of Michigan and second professor at the University of Michigan  
• Exhibits of beautiful minerals from around the world
• Guinness World Record holding largest copper recovered from the bottom of Lake Superior on exhibit in the Copper Pavilion

The museum is:

• The official designated mineral museum of the State of Michigan
• A Heritage Site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park
• A member of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
• A member of Michigan's Upper Peninsula Travel and Recreation Association