#Weymu40 – The Museum Had Prairies Before Prairies Were a Thing
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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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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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…
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Collections Carousel – “Ode to Collections”, 1997
Our intrepid board president, A. Arthur Warner, Jr., is a man of many talents. Along with the various hats he has worn at the museum – garbage…
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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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Collections Carousel – Charles “Charley” Martin, Teacher and Poet
Charles “Charley” Dennis Martin, teacher and poet, was born on June 28, 1909 to Dennis and Louise (Porlier) Martin. The Martin’s lived on a farm in Parker…
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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,…
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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,…
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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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