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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 […]
What's Behind the Curtain? Friday July 23, 9:00am Have you ever wanted to see the Museum collections storage area? Now's your chance! Meet in the Stearns History Museum lobby and we will go as a group to offsite storage. Space is limited. Registration required. Call 320-253-8424 or send an email to [email protected]. Hope you can […]
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 […]
Come see us at the Stearns County Fair!
What's Behind the Curtain? Wednesday July 28, 4:30pm Have you ever wanted to see the Museum collections storage area? Now's your chance! Meet in the Stearns History Museum lobby and we will go as a group to offsite storage. Space is limited. Registration required. Call 320-253-8424 or send an email to [email protected]. Hope you can […]