Collects and maintains the material history of the county for the benefit of its residents and visitors.

- View exhibits featuring the Society's collections, large-scale objects, hands-on experiences, characters from the past, and multimedia presentations. Traveling exhibits rotate throughout the year. - Public festivals, lectures, films, Sunday afternoon programs, special events, and other family programs. - Museum Stores: Two gift stores, one especially for families, featuring Minnesota specialties. - Cafe Minnesota: Restaurant serves continental breakfast, lunch, and Sunday brunch.

Historic Chippewa City - 151 Pioneer Drive, PO Box 303, Montevideo, MN 56265, (320)269-7636 - Late 1800s-style village including log cabins, millinery shop, blacksmith shop, boardwalk, and central gazebo - Historic buildings and artifacts - Swensson Farm Museum - from Montevideo, six miles east on Highway 7, five miles south on County Road 6, and 1/8 mile east on County Road 15; 17 acres, 22 - room farmhouse, barn, etc. - Lac qui Parle Mission - located at the corner of Chippewa County Highway 13 and County Rd 32, off U.S. Highway 59, eight miles northwest of Montevideo - early 1800's Mission

Services: - Group tours provided - School educational tours and research assistance - Traveling exhibits - Private research library - Gift Shop - Speakers Bureau - Itasca Heritage Center - Private research, library, museum, gift shop - not publicly funded

- Lawshe Memorial Museum houses a research center library of county and regional histories, books, documents, maps, genealogical collections, online databases, oral history tapes, and related items. County newspapers going back to 1857 are microfilmed and readers are available to examine them. On file are hundreds of photographs, articles, and clippings. Copying services offered in research center. - Museum display area has historical exhibits including a mural that is over 80 feet long which depicts scenes from around the county - Special events and educational programming offered on periodic basis - Gift shop has books, prints, and souvenirs for sale - LeDuc Historic Estate provides guided tours, history events, and programs - Sibley Historic Site provides guided tours, history events, and programs - Sites can be rented for events

- The Benton County History Museum has available for research a number of sources of information for those wishing to research family history - Other holdings include census on microfilm, both Federal and state, Benton County Veterans Census, Benton County Naturalization Records - Newspapers dating back to 1851 - Museum display area

History museum with services including: - Grand Army of the Republic and Civil War museum - Genealogy resources

The History Center for the Dassel area provides: - Chronological index of community business, organizations, sports teams, politics, and more - Events: Hosts many events, including concerts, programs, theatrical presentations, and more - Historic photo archive: Houses a large collection of historic photos - Indexed collection of Meeker County plat maps - Indexed photographic collection and published histories of the area's people and places - Indexed two-volume set of all Meeker County cemetery records, including abandoned pioneer cemeteries - Oral histories: A collection of oral histories

Collects, preserves, and shares the history of Carlton County. Maintains artifacts, documents, maps, and photographs.

- Collection and cataloging of historic artifacts - Genealogy assistance - Interpretive Center - Newsletter for members

- Provides a continued source of historical information available to everyone at the present as well as for future generations. - Long term vision and purpose shall be the collection, preservation and dissemination of historical information and materials pertinent to the history of Aitkin County. - To elevate interest in Aitkin County history by the dissemination of the historical information to interested persons, groups and institutions. To enhance the awareness of the museum and the the historical society with continued programs for students, the public and other organizations as deemed appropriate by the Board of Trustees and the Museum Administrator.

Historial society and museum for Lac qui Parle County

Grant County history and genealogical research Materials available include Grant County newspapers (obituaries and marriages are indexed), census records, plat books, naturalization index, books of historical nature, files of newspaper clippings, Lutheran church records

- Education programs - Exhibits - Legacy Trail - Meeting rooms - Research Library

- Collection and cataloging of historic artifacts - Genealogy assistance - Interpretive library - Preservation assistance - Telephone book collections

- Art Gallery - Genealogical collections - Historic preservation - Historical Society ??- Local History Museum

Collects and maintains the material history of the county for the benefit of its residents and visitors.

- Friendly Robins Senior Citizen Club: Meets Wednesday afternoons in the lower level Community Room of the police and fire building - Donut Make You Wonder: Third Wednesdays, September through May, at Crystal Community Center - Monday Bunch: Robbinsdale City Hall, Monday, 9 am to 11 am - The Roving Minds: Robbinsdale City Hall, third Tuesday, September through May - Robbinsdale Diggers Garden Club: Group of people interested in gardens and plants - Robbinsdale Historical Society: Meets fourth Tuesday of each month - Book discussion group - Movies with a discussion group - Recreational outings

- Lawshe Memorial Museum houses a research center library of county and regional histories, books, documents, maps, genealogical collections, online databases, oral history tapes, and related items. County newspapers going back to 1857 are microfilmed and readers are available to examine them. On file are hundreds of photographs, articles, and clippings. Copying services offered in research center. - Museum display area has historical exhibits including a mural that is over 80 feet long which depicts scenes from around the county - Special events and educational programming offered on periodic basis - Gift shop has books, prints, and souvenirs for sale - LeDuc Historic Estate provides guided tours, history events, and programs - Sibley Historic Site provides guided tours, history events, and programs - Sites can be rented for events

- Lawshe Memorial Museum houses a research center library of county and regional histories, books, documents, maps, genealogical collections, online databases, oral history tapes, and related items. County newspapers going back to 1857 are microfilmed and readers are available to examine them. On file are hundreds of photographs, articles, and clippings. Copying services offered in research center. - Museum display area has historical exhibits including a mural that is over 80 feet long which depicts scenes from around the county - Special events and educational programming offered on periodic basis - Gift shop has books, prints, and souvenirs for sale - LeDuc Historic Estate provides guided tours, history events, and programs - Sibley Historic Site provides guided tours, history events, and programs - Sites can be rented for events