We have exciting news this morning. We knew it was going to happen soon, but we didn’t know when. One of our regular history informants,…
View More Pierz Journals Online (1909-1913)Category: artifacts
Dolly
One of the benefits of working in a museum is the opportunity to handle other people’s stuff. This beautiful doll belonged to Viola Landmeier and…
View More Dolly2012 Exhibits
We’ve been busy building exhibits in the last few weeks and we have two new ones to share. In our Research Room, we are featuring…
View More 2012 ExhibitsCollections Carousel – Valentine’s Day Cards
This sampling of Valentine’s Day cards comes from a collection acquired by Stella (Houle) LeBlanc during her years as a school teacher. Stella was born…
View More Collections Carousel – Valentine’s Day CardsLaid to Rest
The permanent exhibits at The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum were created in the 1980s. The exhibits were designed so well that 30 years later…
View More Laid to RestSorting a Large Museum Collection
Most museums have them. The large, unsorted, unaccessioned collections that are piled in random boxes just waiting for museum staff to deal with them. Because…
View More Sorting a Large Museum CollectionCollections Carousel – And The Winner Is…
Well, we ended up with a tie! Two aprons from the Bling Apron display case that was part of this year’s exhibit, The Apron: Body…
View More Collections Carousel – And The Winner Is…Collections Carousel – Bling Apron Vote
In conjunction with this year’s exhibit, The Apron: Body Armour or Bling, visitors to The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum have enjoyed choosing their favorite…
View More Collections Carousel – Bling Apron VotePreservation-Related Articles
I’ve added a couple of preservation-related articles to the website recently. One was even added this morning after I read the Morrison County Genealogy Society’s…
View More Preservation-Related ArticlesSave the Pierz Journals
The Morrison County Historical Society has a collection of bound volumes of the Pierz Journal newspaper that are so fragile they can no longer be…
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