More Plat Books Available Online

We’ve gone through another round of digitization through the Minnesota Digital Library. This time, we chose to have 3 unusual plat books digitized. All three…

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Quilt Show

The Prairie Point Quilters will be coming to the museum April 24 – 26, 2009.  Admission is free. The museum will be filled with beautiful…

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Collections Carousel – Boyd's West Side Calendar

This small calendar from Boyd’s West Side of Little Falls, Minnesota, was donated by Jackie Bermel of Little Falls.  The West Side Clothing Store was…

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Collections Carousel – Elm Dale Creamery Association Butter Box (c.1960)

This gorgeous butter box was donated to the museum by Richard A. and Mary Lou Czech of Little Falls, Minnesota.  The Elm Dale Creamery Association…

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Collections Carousel

Welcome to Collections Carousel, an ongoing series that will feature a wide variety of items from the collections of The Charles A. Weyerhaueser Memorial Museum. …

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Music & the Technology of Sound Exhibit

This fall, in advance of our Jolly Jingle Jam, we constructed a new exhibit called “Music & the Technology of Sound.” The exhibit includes a…

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There's an Art to Salvage

A week ago Friday (October 4), Ann Marie and I attended a conference at the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud, MN.  The conference was…

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October Map of the Month

September has suddenly turned into October and it’s time for a new Map of the Month.  October’s map is a portion of a hand-drawn plat…

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August Map of the Month

The end of the month sneaks up on me so quickly that I can hardly keep track of it.  Already, it is the end of…

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"Preserving Family History: Minnesota's Greatest Generation"

The Minnesota Historical Society recently sent us information on a free workshop chief outreach conservator, Bob Herskovitz, will be holding at Camp Ripley on Thursday,…

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