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Tell Your Story Before Someone Else Tells it For You Bring your talent to tell your story! Music, Poetry, Prose, Storytelling, Comedy! Theme: Tell your story about YOUR place in this Place of Stearns County! Are you a newcomer? Were you born and raised? Do you have a story of a special corner of this […]
Save the date for the first Hops and History of 2023! Caitlin and Eric will be talking about any interesting or unsolved mysteries/miracles they could find in their research of Stearns County. From miracles at Grasshopper Chapel to unsolved bank robberies and other true crimes. If you liked our last H&H program with Dean Klinkenberg […]
Meeting Overview: The American Civil War is surrounded by vast mythology. Indeed, it is far to say that there are two independent versions of the war. On the one hand, there is the history of the war, the account of what, in fact, happened. On the other hand, there is what historian Foster Gaines calls […]
Learn about history through hands-on activities! This time, we are diving into diaries, newspapers, photographs, and letters from the SHM archives! Help us gather clues from old documents to solve a mystery! Students will even get to create their own diary to take home and tell their own stories. Recommended for kids ages 7-13. Call […]
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.
Have you ever considered the archives of a university as a place for genealogical research? St. Cloud State University Archivist Tom Steman will present “Hidden Treasure No More: Genealogical Resources at St. Cloud State” for the St. Cloud Area Genealogists on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 7 p.m. at Stearns History Museum (235 33rd Ave […]
Heritage Circle members, we'd like to invite you to another special tour in the community! This time, we'll be visiting the St. Cloud Rotary Community Outpost with the Greater St. Cloud Public Safety Foundation. The visit will consist of a presentation with Q & A and then house tours. Please RSVP by calling the Museum, […]
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.
We are closed for Easter Sunday.
Meeting Overview - Since Gettysburg has been covered so well by so many, be ready to learn about General Meade before and after that historic battle in am audience participative presentation. This unique, interactive presentation on General George Meade was originally presented to the prestigious Civil War Round Table of DC. In this presentation we […]