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Join us for breakfast! This time, we'll be discussing the history of the Avon Hills Folk School with presenter Chris Schellinger. Save the date - April 12 at 9am. Chris will be discussing the property, how it became a Folk School, and a little about the history of the 'folk school movement.' For clarification: this […]
Join us for another Our Narratives Artist Retreat at the Stearns History Museum! Saturday and Sunday is jam packed with creating, collaborating, and connecting. All artists are welcome! Facilitated by Heidi Jeub and TERRELL X (aka Carnage The Executioner), this workshop has allowed dozens of artists find their authentic voice, and creative confidence, to tell […]
Join us for another Our Narratives Artist Retreat at the Stearns History Museum! Saturday and Sunday is jam packed with creating, collaborating, and connecting. All artists are welcome! Facilitated by Heidi Jeub and TERRELL X (aka Carnage The Executioner), this workshop has allowed dozens of artists find their authentic voice, and creative confidence, to tell […]
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.
One of the biggest hurdles to overcome in genealogy is the seemingly illegible handwriting in our ancestors’ records. Professional genealogist Pam Vestal will address that challenge when she presents the webinar “What the Heck Does that Say? Overcoming Difficult Handwriting” for the St. Cloud Area Genealogists on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 7 p.m. at […]
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.