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The Fox House. Clitty Lake. A gas station that doubled as a home, office, hotel, railway station and general store. Discover all this and more during the Oak Savanna Park History Scavenger Hunt! Bring your history detective skills to this free, self-guided, family-friendly event. Explore a beautiful park setting while learning more about architecture and […]
Memory Writers is a writing group that meets twice a month on the first and third Tuesdays at 10:00 am. The group develop topics to write about and in turn shares those stories. This program is free to Museum members (non-members $7). Questions? Call the Museum at 320.253.8424.
Meeting Overview: Although the Civil War unquestionably led to the freeing of enslaved African Americans, there is ongoing debate in popular culture about whether we should think of is as a war about slavery. Broadly, there is a tendency for those who sympathize with the North to characterize it as a noble war to free […]
Join the museum's own Amy Degerstrom and Caitlin Carlson as they use the collection of the Stearns History Museum to tell the "brief" story of how what we wear underneath our clothes has evolved in the last few centuries. This time, we'll be at Third Street Brewhouse in Cold Spring. As usual - $10 for […]
Memory Writers is a writing group that meets twice a month on the first and third Tuesdays at 10:00 am. The group develop topics to write about and in turn shares those stories. This program is free to Museum members (non-members $7). Questions? Call the Museum at 320.253.8424.
Whippersnapper Hour allows kids to learn about history in a fun, hands-on environment! At this month’s Whippersnapper Hour, we will perform and record our own radio play! Students will learn about the power of radio during the Great Depression and World War II, and will then rehearse and perform their own version of “The Mysterious […]
Join us for another Breakfast Club at the Stearns County History Museum! This meeting will feature Bill Vossler, author of "Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, the Times". Local writer Bill Vossler tell the story of this unique Minnesota company, which went from rags to riches thanks to its unique roadside advertising technique. Between 1925 and […]
We're bringing back our annual WWII weekend! More information to come later in 2023, but for now we wanted to let you all know the dates. You can expect the Museum to be full of family-friendly activities, reenactors, interactive exhibits, and a lot more. We hope to see you there July 8 & 9! Register […]
We're bringing back our annual WWII weekend! More information to come later in 2023, but for now we wanted to let you all know the dates. You can expect the Museum to be full of family-friendly activities, reenactors, interactive exhibits, and a lot more. We hope to see you there July 8 & 9! Register […]
Join us July 20 for a "One Room School Days" session of History Outdoors! Join us in Paynesville Mn for One Room School Day! Children will abandon all the technology and experience as old-school lesson, play games outside, and get ma taste of what everyday life was like for kids their age over […]