The Roseau County Museum has some fun-filled events in collaboration with the Roseau Flannel and Frost Winter Fest event in Roseau, February 24-25. Strap on some snowshoes for an excursion down the river. There will be tours starting at the top of every hour. Inside events more your thing? The museum will be open 9-3 […]
Indoor Tree Walk Winners
Thank you to everyone from the tree decorators to the visitors that helped make the 6th Annual Indoor Tree Walk a success. The museum welcomed 1160 visitors from Nov 29 thru Dec 23 and heard nothing but positive comments about how fantastic the nineteen trees were this year! The winners are First Place: Roseau Auxiliary; […]
Indoor Tree Walk a Success
This year’s tree walk was a great success, with so many trees and creative decorations. Voting goes through December 23. Thank you to all that participated and helped decorate the museum for the 6th Annual Indoor Tree Walk.
Indoor Christmas Tree Walk – Registration Open
Roseau County Museum seeks creative people! The Roseau County Museum is planning for the Sixth Annual Indoor Christmas Tree Walk, which will open on November 29 and run through December 23. Here is your chance to contribute your creativity and decorate a tree to be viewed by visitors over the holidays. We invite organizations, groups, […]
Summer Explorers Youth Programs
Summer Explorers kids’ crafts @ the Roseau County Museum Download upcoming classes here Kick off the summer with The Magic Village Show Tuesday, June 7, 1:00 pm Laugh, gasp, and have a TON OF FUN with magic, comedy, escapes, and his ventriloquist doll. An event with the Roseau Public Library and their summer reading […]
MN History Contest Held
The NW Minnesota Sixth Grade History Contest was held on April 27th. Six area schools participated by taking a Minnesota history test at the Roseau City Center. The contest has taken place for 41 years and is compiled by the Roseau County Historical Society. Trophies and cash awards were presented to the top six students. The […]
Indoor Christmas Tree Walk
The museum is looking so festive. We welcome you to come and view the creatively decorated trees by county groups for the Indoor Christmas Tree Walk. While you are looking around remember you can vote monetarily for your favorites. The top 3 trees with the most donations win a cash prize with the remaining proceeds […]
Christmas Tree Walk – Opening
The Roseau County Museum is gearing up for the 5th Annual Indoor Christmas Tree Walk. We invite county organizations, groups, businesses, daycares, friends, individuals, etc., to decorate a tree. We supply artificial trees and lights on a first-come basis. You decorate with your unique decorations. The trees must be decorated by November 20. There will […]
Samantha ‘Rastles’ the Woman Question Program
A one-woman performance featuring Jane Curry as Samantha Smith Allen, the rustic philosopher of sound country stock whose ideas on various issues are grounded in an affection for common sense and faith in its applicability to problems. Through her typical, popular brand of 19th century horse sense American humor, she challenges the status quo of social […]
Summer Scoop
Grand Re-opening & Business After Hours
The Roseau County Museum has partnered with the Roseau Civic & Commerce Association to welcome the public and businesses to come and see the changes in the museum. While closed for Covid restrictions we had new lighting installed throughout the entire museum and storage areas. Along with that project completed staff and volunteers went to […]
MN History Contest Held
The NW Minnesota Sixth Grade History Contest was held on May 5th. Seven area schools participated by taking a Minnesota history test at the Roseau City Center. The contest has taken place for 40 years and is compiled by the Roseau County Historical Society. Trophies and cash awards were presented to the top six students. […]
Julglädje Virtual Christmas Show for 2020
Songs, stories, games and smiles are the hallmarks of Julglädje, translated from Swedish as “Christmas joy.” This year’s annual performance is going virtual on Saturday, November 28, at 4 p.m. Central Time! Gather the family around the computer and make holiday memories with host Tomte Kajsa (aka Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux) alongside Ross Sutter and his […]
Summer Explorers Canceled
We are saddened to have to do it but with all the precautions that would have to be in place to keep everyone safe, it is just not possible. Summer Explorers 2020 youth programming has been canceled for the summer. Given all the COVID-19 restrictions in place, the number of children that usually attend, and […]
Indoor Christmas Tree Walk
The 4th Annual Indoor Christmas Tree Walk Plans are well underway for the 2019 Indoor Christmas Tree Walk, scheduled to open the evening of November 25 and display through year-end. The tree walk will be inside the Roseau County Museum located in the Roseau City Center where it is warm and toasty so you can […]
A Scandinavian Christmas & Tree Walk Open House
Catch that Christmas spirit with A Scandinavian Christmas. The program features a group of Scandinavian performers presenting a delightful program of Scandinavian Christmas songs, tunes and dances. A Scandinavian Christmas features Ross Sutter singing and playing guitar, button accordion and dulcimer; Art Bjorngjeld on button accordion and fiddle; Char Bostrum on fiddle and Bruce Bostrum on moon […]
Votes for Women, Ja! program
On October 26 at 1:30 pm the Roseau County Historical Society and Museum presents Jane Skinner Peck in: Votes for Women, Ja! a one-woman theatrical presentation and lecture tracing the pivotal contributions of Nordic immigrant suffragists to voting rights in Minnesota. Presenter Jane Peck is a choreographer, historian, writer, and professor. Her own female Norwegian […]
Summer Explorers Youth programming
Summer is in full force and we are busy at the museum! Our visitor count definitely picks up in the summer with visitors from all over, researchers, and kids… a whole bunch of kids. We love having the kids come and visit and bring in their adults. In the summer, we do programs for the […]