The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, home of the Morrison County Historical Society in Little Falls, MN, will be closed for the month of October…
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The Winter Wonderland of Little Falls, the Little Switzerland of America
Known in its time as “The Little Switzerland of America,” the Winter Wonderland Festival of Little Falls was created in 1945 in order to help…
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Help Wanted: Collections Assistant / Registrar
The Morrison County Historical Society is seeking a part-time, temporary Collections Assistant / Registrar. The position description is below. Applications are due on August 23,…
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Collections Carousel – Colleen: An Irish Love Song
February’s extended cold streak in Minnesota had us desperately searching the museum collections for signs of spring. With high temperatures hovering in the low teens…
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Collection Connection – St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks What did you wish for this Christmas? If you were a girl or boy living in the…
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Morrison County Plat Books & Other Resources at MN Reflections
Each month MCHS gets an email that lets us know how many visitors viewed the resources we have on Minnesota Reflections, the collection of digitized…
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Inventory of Northern Pacific Depot Records Now Online
Through the Morrison County Historical Society’s Legacy Grant project to install mobile shelving in the Archives at the Weyerhaeuser Museum, we had archival consultant Mike…
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Maps We Didn’t Know We Had
Road maps are mesmerizing. I can look and look and look at them, no matter how familiar I am with the towns and roads. A…
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Capture the History of COVID-19 by Keeping a Journal
As I do museum work from home, I mentioned to my husband how surreal this situation is … being mostly home-bound in order to slow…
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Mobile Shelving Install – Weyerhaeuser Museum Closed Until January 2, 2020, Reopening with New Hours
Weyerhaeuser Museum Closed November 18, 2019 – January 1, 2020 It’s a project that has been years in the making. The Morrison County Historical Society…
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