Tours
Guided tours are available to all age groups. Guides can adjust the tour to fit areas of special interest to visitors if that is desired. The main museum is handicap accessible. Self-guided tours are always available and do not require advance notice. For school tours, please see youth programs.
Displays include selected items from Bishop Whipple's collection of Native American artifacts; a fur trade display, material on Red Jackson, a famous Faribault pilot; Main Street Dioramas; and many other items of interest. Displays are not static so come back and see us more than once.
The village buildings are not heated. These include the Volg Log cabin, Pleasant Valley School - a one room school house, Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, and the Harvest and Heritage Halls, which house a variety of machinery and appliances. If you wish to tour the village, please let us know at the time your tour is set up.
Cost: Tours are included in museum admission
Seniors $2 Adults $3 Children under 12 $1
Planning Your Visit:
Please contact the museum at least two weeks ahead of time to set up your tour by phone at 507-332-2121, or by email at rchs@rchistory.org.
Please have the following information ready:
- Name of group
- Contact person -- with name and phone number
- Desired date and time; Museum hours are: Monday - Friday 9:00AM to 4:00PM
- Number of people attending
- Age group (seniors, children, adults)
- Length of tour desired
- Tour guide or self guided tour
- Subject(s) of special interest
We've been most fortunate to receive three Minnesota Legacy grants this year. A Minnesota Bookshelf Grant, funds to help pay for a Historic Structures Grant of the Thorstien Veblen Farmstead, and a Collections Care grant. I"ll share