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…
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#Weymu40 – The Weyerhaeuser Museum’s Gazebo
On the south side of The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, visible as you walk through the front doors and into the courtyard, is a…
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The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum is located next to a national landmark: The Mighty Mississippi River. That’s no accident. The river has been critical…
View More #Weymu40 – The Mighty Mississippi#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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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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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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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…
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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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Great care was taken in designing The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum. The building’s architect was Foster Dunwiddie of Miller-Dunwiddie, Inc. —– Celebrating the 40th…
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