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Join us for this WWII Living History Weekend at the Stearns History Museum! Weekend One (At War): Saturday, June 19: 9am-4pm Sunday, June 20: 9am-3pm Experience life for the soldiers on the frontlines with activities, re-enactors, and WWII military equipment. The WWII exhibit, Rising to the Crisis, also opens. Click here to buy tickets >> […]
Visit the Stearns History Museum through the Whitney Senior Center and explore the stories of Stearns County citizens. Register with the Whitney Senior Center Here >>
Want to touch base with the museum, and see what kind of insider news our Director has to share? Then pull up a chair and pour yourself a hot one, because "Coffee with Carie" takes place 10 to 11 a.m. on June 24 and Aug 26. Space is limited, so registration is needed. Email us […]
From 10 AM to Noon today, we'll be hosting our local YMCA's Day Camp group! Registration for this event is full, through the YMCA.
Join us for this WWII Living History Weekend at the Stearns History Museum! Weekend Two (At Home): Saturday, July 10: 9-4 Sunday, July 11: 9-3 Experience life on the homefront with activities, re-enactors, and a WWII fashion show. The exhibit, 33rd and Cooper, opens and highlights Char-Gale, an aircraft parts manufacturer that employed women during WWII. […]
The July book club discussion will feature A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, edited by Sun Yung Shin. She will discuss the process of gathering these stories that are described as, "Essays that challenge, discomfort, disorient, galvanize, and inspire all of us to evolve now, for our shared future." We will send out […]
One Last Time: World War II Veteran Stories Members of the “Greatest Generation” are leaving us at an alarming rate. Photographer and Amateur Historian, Jay Grammond planned and facilitated a WWII History Series in Elk River for 13 years. In that time, he got to know numerous people that lived during that time in history. […]
Children will live like the earliest Minnesota pioneer children of the 1800s, and that means doing the chores! Collecting eggs, doing laundry, mending clothes, churning butter...you name it! Kids will also make a pioneer-era craft to take home. (best fit for ages 7-13, but everyone welcome) Please call 320-253-8424 or e-mail Caitlin at [email protected] to […]
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). Join the Memory Writers as they explore our past and develop skills as […]
Children will live like the earliest Minnesota pioneer children of the 1800s, and that means doing the chores! Collecting eggs, doing laundry, mending clothes, churning butter...you name it! Kids will also make a pioneer-era craft to take home. (best fit for ages 7-13, but everyone welcome) Please call 320-253-8424 or e-mail Caitlin at [email protected] to […]