On the south side of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, visible as you walk through the front doors and into the courtyard, is a…
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#Weymu40 – We Are Wall Preservationists
One of the most brilliant features of the museum is something that most people don’t even notice. All around the museum at the very tops…
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When the Morrison County Historical Society was involved with designing a new museum in the early 1970s, the first architect hired was Stanley Fishman of…
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The bathrooms at The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum are conveniently located near the front entry. Even though they are “front and center” at the…
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Did you know that the rooms in The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum all have names? Yes, most of the names are generic, like Archive,…
View More #Weymu40 – Where the Rooms All Have Names#Weymu40 – Working Shutters Inside & Out
As part of the design of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, which was done in a Greek Revival Style, the building has working shutters,…
View More #Weymu40 – Working Shutters Inside & Out#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…
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Collections Carousel – Lincoln School, Circa 1925
When this charming two-room brick school was built in the 1930s for District No. 76 in the southwest corner of Section 30 in Scandia Valley…
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It’s the sort of thing that can easily be missed. Tucked into the dark recesses of the entry vestibule of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial…
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The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum has two yellow brick fireplaces, one in the Rosenmeier Research Room and one in the Musser Library. If you…
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