Temporary Exhibits
Communities
Currently on exhibit in our Communities area:
Great Stories...Cool Stuff
This exhibit highlights a sampling of artifacts from our museum collection. These artifacts sometimes arrive with great stories attached to them, but sometimes the donations are simply "cool stuff."
For example, have you ever seen a silk ball gown from the 1880s? At right is a beautiful example.
Over the past 33 years families, businesses, and organizations have generously donated thousands of artifacts to the Sherburne County Historical Society (SCHS). SCHS was officially organized in 1972, but did not begin collecting until 1976. The first artifact collected by the museum is a postal sorting box from Big Lake which is on display in this exhibit.
Many other artifacts are also on display, some very old and some you might remember from your youth!
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 How about those Milwaukee Braves and St. Louis Cardinals? The exhibit features four baseball figures including this figure of Warren Spahn as a St. Louis Cardinal. These figures are part of the largest single family donation of items received by SCHS |
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Do you want to see an original document listing Civil War soldiers from Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment printed in New York in 1864 while the war was still going? It's here at the Sherburne History Center. |
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This man’s frock coat from the 1790s was worn by someone who was alive
when George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams were leading our young
country. This is the oldest object in our collection.
Visitors will also see vintage toys, military medals from WWII, and much
more!
Dr.
Charles Smith and Dr. Murray McNair of Elk River used this dental unit.
Photo: Civil Defense Survival Supplies Sanitation Kit IV