Roseau County Historical Society and Museum

Roseau, Minnesota 56751

121 Center Street East, Ste. 101, Roseau, MN 56751

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Pesticide Testing done on the Taxidermy

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Recently Midwest Art Conservation Center was here testing pieces of our taxidermy for heavy metal and organic pesticides through an MNHS Heritage Partnership Program grant consisting of Lake of the Woods County Historical Society, Warroad Heritage Center, and Roseau County Historical Society. The assessment will focus on the use of pesticides and their potential hazard […]

Summer Explorers – Cancelled

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We have made the tough decision to not have our weekly youth event, Summer Explorers, this summer with much discussion. We look forward to starting this event again in 2022. Many factors played into this decision, but we feel for everyone one this was the best path to take this year as everything is just […]

MN History Contest Held

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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. […]

Sunday Morning Radio Readings – April 2021

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Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded April 2021 April 4, 2021: This is Sheila Winstead speaking on behalf of the Roseau County Historical Society. When my oldest son was graduating from high school, he applied for some scholarships for college and one of them was a Vernon Pick […]

Sunday Morning Radio Readings – January 2021

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Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded January 2021 January 3, 10, 17, 24, &, 31, 2021:  Listen to the rest of Jean’s stories, January 31 story concludes the history. Roseau County Museum recently received a copy of the autobiography of Jean Duncan Robinson Haugtvedt from one of her […]

Opening Soon

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We have missed our visitors here at the museum. We are getting closer to opening. The original opening date was supposed to be January 11, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have to push back the date a week. We will be ready to wow you starting January 19. We will have regular hours […]

Sunday Morning Radio Readings – December 2020

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Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded December 2020 December 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2020: Sheila continues reading from Jean Haugtvedt’s auto-biography for the month of December. Roseau County Museum recently received a copy of the autobiography of Jean Duncan Robinson Haugtvedt from one of her daughters, Marlys […]

Sunday Morning Radio Readings – November 2020

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Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded November 2020 November 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2020: Roseau County Museum recently received a copy of the autobiography of Jean Duncan Robinson Haugtvedt from one of her daughters, Marlys Olson. It’s very well-written and interesting. I’ll read some parts of […]

Sunday Morning Radio Readings – October 2020

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Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded October 2020 October 4 & 11, 2020: One of Moranville Township’s schools was written about in the Warroad Pioneer on November 29, 2000.  It was Isabelle Weitemier’s memories of school days in Moranville. Here is her story: I attended District 82, commonly […]

Sunday Morning Radio Readings – July 2020

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Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded July 2020 July 5, 2020: The Greenbush Theatre started in the Village Hall in 1924 and was managed by William “Bill” Paulson. Besides managing the theatre, he was a rural mail carrier like his father before him. In 1930 sound equipment was installed […]

Lighting Project Update

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The lighting project is really starting to progress over the last couple of weeks. It started off a bit slow with the museum closure due to Governor Walz’s Stay at Home order and trying to figure out how to handle that situation, then back-ordered items or wrong parts that arrived. Bergstrom’s Inc. of Wannaska has […]

Sunday Morning Radio Readings – May 2020

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Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded May 2020 May 3, 2020: Today I’ll be sharing another polio survivor’s story. This is about Carolyn Sabourin. She grew up in Malung, the daughter of Bob and Irene Snow. She had an older sister, Cindy, and a twin sister, Cherlyn. Carolyn […]

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