Museum Manager Wanted
The Morrison County Historical Society seeks an energetic and customer-service oriented individual for the position of Museum Manager for the Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum…
#Weymu40 – Good Friend Around These Hearthstones
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…
View More #Weymu40 – Good Friend Around These Hearthstones#Weymu40 – Have You Noticed Our Tiny Doorknobs?
One of the interesting details to be found in The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum is the doorknobs. The knobs on the front door and…
View More #Weymu40 – Have You Noticed Our Tiny Doorknobs?#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 BoulderCollections Carousel – Photo Postcard of Swanville High School, 1905
This beautiful gem was constructed in 1905 for the Swanville school district, one of the earliest districts to be formed in Morrison County. Located…
View More Collections Carousel – Photo Postcard of Swanville High School, 1905#Weymu40 – Museum Materials Reflect History
The materials used in the construction of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum were well considered and reflect aspects of area history and local resources.…
View More #Weymu40 – Museum Materials Reflect HistoryMuseum Closed Tuesday, February 17, 2015
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will be closed Tuesday, February 17, 2015, in observance of Ben Smuda’s funeral. Ben served as the custodian and…
View More Museum Closed Tuesday, February 17, 2015Sad Hearts Over the Loss of Ben
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ben Smuda, custodian and groundskeeper for the Weyerhaeuser Museum from 1999 through 2013. Ben,…
View More Sad Hearts Over the Loss of Ben#Weymu40 – Museum Inspired by Old Fort Ripley
During the planning phase (late 1960s-early 1970s) of building a new museum, the Morrison County Historical Society appointed a Design Committee. It was comprised of…
View More #Weymu40 – Museum Inspired by Old Fort Ripley#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…
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