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The Beltrami Historical Society was founded in 1952. Our first location was adjacent to the present-day Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in downtown Bemidji, next to the famous statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Here, the…

The Grant County Museum and Historical Society goes as far back as exhibiting the prehistoric roots of the Grant County area by including fossilized mammoth bones. Other exhibits reflect the Sioux and Chippewa heritage, along with preserved tools and…

The Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County holds the Hjemkomst museum in Moorhead, MN. It is named the Hjemkomst after the Viking ship, which was built by a local teacher and sailed in Norway. The ship is now on display, along with a film…

The Wadena County Historical Society helps “preserve the kinds of historical items that one might find in their very homes, creating an intimate and personal history of the county.” Some of the museum’s exhibits include the Great Northern Railroad…

The Otter Tail County Historical Society holds a museum, research library and educational resource facility for the community of Otter Tail County. Their museum holds permanent exhibits that include information on the environment, the fur trade,…

The Pennington County Historical Society includes a pioneer village, which has a collection of 19 historical buildings, showing what life was like in Pennington County a hundred years ago. Many people enjoy viewing the past recreational and sporting…

The Wilkin County Historical Society instills a necessity of preserving the county’s historical meaning. The museum holds a wide variety of tools and artifacts depicting what life was like back in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Among the historical…

The focus of the Osakis Area Heritage Center is in its research collection of family files, cemetery maps, town maps, country histories, photo files, scrapbooks, high school charters, and high school yearbooks, ranging from the late 1800s to early…

The Becker County Historical Society and Museum was founded in 1882 and holds an extensive historical and genealogical collection. This collection includes family histories, plat maps, and indexes to Becker County courthouse records, which are…

Under the History and Cultural Association of East Otter Tail County, the History Museum of East Otter Tail County and was established in 1998. Housed in a church built in 1887, the museum displays exhibits on Paul Miller, Perham’s past mayor for…