The Society operates a museum complex, complete with research resources, special exhibits, and a museum gift shop. The Depot Museum is housed in the historic 1916 Northern Pacific Depot. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum features a rotating schedule of exhibits regarding the heritage of Aitkin County. Riverboating on the upper Mississippi, native culture, and unique artifacts are explored and displayed in the exhibit halls. The Log Museum was the first home of the Society and was constructed in 1950 with native cedar logs. It was originally located on the court house lawn and moved to its present location in the mid-70s. Exhibits relate to the county's logging heritage, agricultural implements, and tools from the building trades.

The society offers occasional living history events, research library access, and educational and recreational events; the museums offer exhibits and tours.

For over 400 years Ojibwe families of Grand Portage have tapped maples every spring on a ridge located just off Lake Superior. During the summer, Ojibwe fishermen harvest in the same areas their forefathers have. Before the United States and Canada existed, the trading of furs, ideas, and genes between the Ojibwe and French and English fur traders flourished. From 1778 until 1802, welcomed by the Grand Portage Ojibwe, the North West Company located their headquarters and western supply depot here for business and a summer rendezvous. Today, Grand Portage National Monument and Indian Reservation form a bridge between people, time and culture.

The site offers short films; tours; exhibits; educational programs; demonstrations; and educational and recreational events, including living history events.

The Pipestone National Monument was established by Congress in 1937 in order to protect historic pipestone quarries, considered sacred by many American Indians. Today, visitors can tour the quarries, where American Indians continue to quarry stone for sacred pipes today.

The park offers tours and interpretive events during the spring, summer, and fall months. The website offers a history of the site as well as visitor information.

The Dodge County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Dodge County, Minnesota. To this end, the society operates a local history museum. The society is housed in the 1869 St. John's Episcopal Church building.

The society offers exhibits and research library access.

The Firefighters Hall & Museum is dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history of firefighting in Minneapolis, as well as working to educate local children on fire safety and firefighting in general. The museum boasts an impressive collection of firefighting memorabilia and equipment.

The museum offers exhibits and tours. The website offers very basic visitor information.

The Hennepin History Museum offers exhibits, an historic mansion setting, and archival collections. Its exhibition and education programs have grown from a focus on original Hennepin County settlers to documenting the wide range of people who make up the county today.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, research library access, lectures, and occasional recreational and educational events.

On September 1, 1894, an incredible fire raged in East Central Minnesota. In only four hours, over 300,000 acres -- 480 square miles -- of Minnesota lay in smoldering ruins.

Come visit the Hinckley Fire Museum to find out what happened, who lived, and who died.

The St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Depot, rebuilt immediately after the fire, houses a range of exhibits and features a dramatic mural of the fire, painted by artist Cliff Letty.

Please note that the museum is open May through mid-October

The Society's Museum is housed in the 1885 Poehler home. In the back yard of the house stands a log cabin built by another German immigrant, Christian Didra, about 1858. This log cabin is a dramatic reminder of the harsh living conditions under which the earliest of the Sibley County pioneers existed.

The society offers occasional recreational and education events; the museum offers exhibits.