Throughout the series of blog posts regarding the 40th anniversary of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, Foster Dunwiddie, the architect who designed the museum,…
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#Weymu40 – The Museum’s Namesake (Redux)
At the beginning of our #Weymu40 series of blog posts, we included a short piece on the namesake of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum.…
View More #Weymu40 – The Museum’s Namesake (Redux)#Weymu40 – Safety and Security at the Weyerhaeuser Museum
To say that the collections of the Morrison County Historical Society are precious would be an understatement. The vast majority of them are irreplaceable. With…
View More #Weymu40 – Safety and Security at the Weyerhaeuser Museum#Weymu40 – Permanent Exhibits at the Weyerhaeuser Museum
When The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum opened in August 1975, naturally it contained exhibits related to Morrison County history. Those involved in planning for…
View More #Weymu40 – Permanent Exhibits at the Weyerhaeuser Museum#Weymu40 – Weyerhaeuser Museum’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
In August 2015, The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in Little Falls, MN, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The museum was named for lumberman Charles…
View More #Weymu40 – Weyerhaeuser Museum’s 40th Anniversary CelebrationFallout Shelter at LF Post Office
Yesterday the Little Falls Post Office donated a stack of historic materials to the Morrison County Historical Society. The stack includes a cash book ledger…
View More Fallout Shelter at LF Post Office#Weymu40 – Field Observations
While researching the additions made in 1981-82 to The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, I ran across a number of Field Observation reports made by…
View More #Weymu40 – Field ObservationsThink Before You Knock – Examining Which Buildings to Save
EVENT ALERT! WHAT: Think Before You Knock: A Conversation on the Importance of Historic Preservation WHEN: Thursday, July 2, 2015 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. WHERE: The…
View More Think Before You Knock – Examining Which Buildings to Save#Weymu40 – The Pine Tree History Center
In reading through past minutes of the Morrison County Historical Society, particularly at the time The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum was being built, I…
View More #Weymu40 – The Pine Tree History Center#Weymu40 – Weyerhaeuser Museum Additions
It may be hard to tell from looking at The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, but the building is not the same size as it…
View More #Weymu40 – Weyerhaeuser Museum Additions