In 2022, we’re bringing back the Whippersnapper Hour! This program lets kids get their hands on history, with engaging and interactive activities that bring the past to life. This month at the Stearns History Museum’s “Whippersnapper Hour,” we will dive into “The Way We Play!” These days, a lot of toys and games for children are […]
The traveling exhibition, Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations, offers an opportunity to learn more about the Native nations in Minnesota and the history of treaty-making with the United States. The exhibit relays Minnesota’s Native history in the voices of Dakota and Ojibwe people in this place once called “Mnisota.” It includes 20 freestanding panels […]
Memory Writers is a writing group that meets twice a month on the first and third Tuesdays at 10:00 am. The group develop topics to write about and in turn shares those stories. This program is free to Museum members (non-members $7).
Join us on Saturday, April 9 at 1pm for a special presentation on Native American Boarding Schools in Minnesota! This presentation and exhibit explore the history of Native American Boarding Schools operated by Benedictines in Minnesota. Beginning in the late 1800s, these schools supported, and at times subverted, federal assimilation policies. Through an examination of […]
Join us for Civil War Roundtable as George Romano discusses Lincoln and the Hellgate. This event takes place on April 12 at 3:45pm. Please call the museum with questions at 320-253-8424.
Join us for the Minnesota Voices Book Club on April 12th from 6:30 - 8:30. Stearns History Museum and UniteCloud are proud to present author Sun Yung Shin, discussing her book What We Hunger For. Cost is free for museum members, and $5 for nonmembers. You can register online by clicking this link: https://stearnshistorymuseum.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/stearnshistorymuseum/event.jsp?event=41& Questions? […]
Join us for coffee and rolls with Tim Ternes of Hill Museum and Manuscript Library! Tim is the director of programming and director of the Saint John's Bible. Note that this event is at Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. Johns University, Collegeville. Attendance for this event is limited due to COVID-19 space limitations. […]
Memory Writers is a writing group that meets twice a month on the first and third Tuesdays at 10:00 am. The group develop topics to write about and in turn shares those stories. This program is free to Museum members (non-members $7).
Save the date for this St. Cloud Area Genealogists event! Join us on April 19 with Mary Kircher Roddy presenting the webinar “FamilyBrowse: A New Way to Use FamilySearch.org." The presentation will be offered synchronously online. Familysearch.org has millions of images on its website, but many are not indexed or searchable. Kircher Roddy will show participants […]
The Stearns History Museum will be hosting a pop-up exhibit, where you can bring your recipes, special ingredients, or just tools of the trade, and share it and its meaning with our visitors! Maybe you have an old family recipe that's been passed down for generations, or an old piece of traditional cookware or utensils. […]
