On September 22, 1977, The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum received a set of guidelines from Prairie Restorations, Inc. for prairie landscaping at the museum.…
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#Weymu40 – The Fountain
After The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum opened in 1975, continual improvements were made to the museum grounds and the building. One of those improvements…
View More #Weymu40 – The Fountain#Weymu40 – The Museum Might Have Been Elsewhere
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum sits on a lovely piece of property overlooking the Mississippi River and the confluence of Pike Creek. But this…
View More #Weymu40 – The Museum Might Have Been Elsewhere#Weymu40 – The Granite Boulder
Just as much thought went into the design of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum building to express Morrison County’s history, so, too, did this…
View More #Weymu40 – The Granite Boulder#Weymu40 – Our First Home
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum is actually the second home of the Morrison County Historical Society. Its first official home, as of April 1938,…
View More #Weymu40 – Our First Home#Weymu40 – The Museum’s Namesake
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum is named for lumberman Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, who, along with his business partner Richard “Drew” Musser, ran the Pine…
View More #Weymu40 – The Museum’s Namesake#Weymu40 – The Museum’s Architect
Great care was taken in designing The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum. The building’s architect was Foster Dunwiddie of Miller-Dunwiddie, Inc. —– Celebrating the 40th…
View More #Weymu40 – The Museum’s Architect#Weymu40 – Weyerhaeuser Museum Turns 40 in 2015
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will be 40 years old in August 2015, having been dedicated in 1975. The museum serves as the home…
View More #Weymu40 – Weyerhaeuser Museum Turns 40 in 2015New Articles Online
Now that we’ve mailed out the latest edition of the newsletter to MCHS members, it was time to add a few past newsletter articles to…
View More New Articles OnlineNew Books in the Gift Shop
We’re offering several new books in the museum gift shop. Two of them I’ve read and can vouch for their excellence. One is “History of…
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