The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, home of the Morrison County Historical Society, Little Falls, MN, 2020.

Morrison County Historical Society to Hold Annual Meeting Online

Morrison County Historical Society Annual Meeting – Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 7 p.m. – Online via Zoom – Call 320-632-4007 or email staff (at)…

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Fall Webinars on Sustainability in Older Homes and Hazardous Materials

Fall Webinars on Sustainability in Older Homes and Hazardous Materials (LITTLE FALLS, MN – August 20, 2020) Back-to-back webinars covering everything you need to know about…

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Slaveholders and Real Estate in Minnesota

Slaveholders and Real Estate in Minnesota Tuesday, September 15th, 6-8 p.m. Zoom Webinar   $10 – general admission $__ – pay what you can  …

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Bear drawing by Mary Warner.

Online Event: The Archaeology of Bear Ceremonialism

Online Event: The Archaeology of Bear Ceremonialism presented by David Mather Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 7 p.m. via Zoom Cost: $10 + tax general…

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The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in Little Falls, MN. Home of the Morrison County Historical Society. 2019

Weyerhaeuser Museum Reopening by Appointment June 30

Having been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will reopen to limited visitors by appointment only on…

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Rethos window repair workshop with Paul Schmidt.

Window Repair Workshop to be Held at Sherburne History Center

Workshop: Repairing & Restoring Old Windows Saturday, July 25th, 9am-1pm 10775 27th Avenue Southeast; Becker, MN $30 – general admission Window Repair Workshop to be…

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Beaded broad leaf arrowhead from an Ojibwe bandolier bag in the Weyerhaeuser Museum's collection.

Exploring Ojibwe Genealogy, Online Event – June 6, 2020

Exploring Ojibwe Genealogy, Online Event Offered by Morrison County Historical Society Are you interested in tracing your Ojibwe ancestry? Join Ojibwe authors David MacArthur and…

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Orange lily, by Pat Quinn, 2020.

Plant Sale to Benefit Morrison County Historical Society

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Morrison County Historical Society (MCHS) has made adjustments to its spring plant sale. Rather than holding the sale at…

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Northern Pacific Railroad Depot designed by Cass Gilbert, Little Falls, MN. MCHS Collections #1981.10.1

Inventory of Northern Pacific Depot Records Now Online

Through the Morrison County Historical Society’s Legacy Grant project to install mobile shelving in the Archives at the Weyerhaeuser Museum, we had archival consultant Mike…

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Hairwork bracelet from the Morrison County Historical Society’s collection. Unknown donor but possibly Mary Harker, the daughter of Nathan Richardson. #0.0.161.

Strands of Remembrance: Hairwork and Victorian Sentimentalism

Hair is something that is incredibly personal and unique. We can change our hair—cut it, style it, dye it—but the fact remains that our hair…

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