Calendar of Events

 

For more information call 605-367-4210 ext. 0 or email museum@minnehahacounty.org

Kid's Activity Day

January 21st
Winter Counts

Tell your story with pictures!

Kids Activity Day

February 18th
Go for the Gold

Celebrate the Olympic spirit!



January

Siouxland Heritage Museums Board
January 7th and February 4th at 11:30 a.m.
Siouxland Heritage
Museums Alliance Board
January 14th and February 11th at 5:30 p.m.

Sioux Valley Genealogical Society
January 7th and February 4th at 7 p.m.

Minnehaha County Historical Society
January 21st and February 18th at 7 p.m.


The Siouxland Heritage Museums Alliance Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 28th at 5:30 p.m. at the Pettigrew Home & Museum. A short business meeting will be followed by a sneak preview of the new murder mystery, Stabbed in the Back!

January  2010
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Museums
Closed for New Years Day.



 
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1990
Panama's General Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. military troops to face charges of drug trafficking.
       



Noon Concert
Blue in Green
Noon Concert
Stabbed in the Back: An Interactive Murder Mystery at the Pettigrew Home & Museum
Murder Mystery Tickets on sale in Old Courthouse Museum Store $10.
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    1926
One of the most
popular radio shows in American history, Amos 'N Andy, debuts on WGN Chicago.
19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.
Bobbins & Pins
Lace Makers
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.


Noon Concert
Rick Stoops, Ryan Nelson, George Larvick, & Brian Oakleaf
Noon Concert
 
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Starlab 1, 2, 3 p.m.




Museums Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1915
The first air raid of Britain by German zeppelins in World War I.
 




Winter Counts!

9-11:30 a.m.
1-2:30 p.m.




Noon Concert
Snug
Noon Concert



Man's Best Friend

Exhibit Opening
Reception
1-3 p.m.
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      19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.
SHM Alliance
Annual Meeting 5:30 p.m. at PHM


Noon Concert
The Teels
Noon ConcertStabbed in the Back: An Interactive Murder Mystery at the Pettigrew Home & Museum6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8 p.m.
Stabbed in the Back: An Interactive Murder Mystery at the Pettigrew Home & Museum Murder Mystery
at PHM
6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8 p.m.
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February

Enjoy a tea party in the unique Victorian setting of the Pettigrew on February 23rd. Space is limited, call 367-7097 to register!

February  2010
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1884

The first portion of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
      Stabbed in the Back: An Interactive Murder Mystery at the Pettigrew Home & Museum Murder Mystery
at PHM
6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8 p.m.
Stabbed in the Back: An Interactive Murder Mystery at the Pettigrew Home & Museum Murder Mystery
at PHM
6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8 p.m.
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      19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.
Bobbins & Pins
Lace Makers
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Starlab 1, 2, 3 p.m.

Behind the Scenes
Tour of the OCM
6:30 p.m.
 

1945

Hundreds of
British bombers
descend on
Dresden, Germany.
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278
St. Valentine, a holy priest in Rome was executed by order of Emperor Claudius II.


Museums
Closed for Presidents' Day
   



Go for
the Gold!

9-11:30 a.m.
1-2:30 p.m.
   
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Victorian Tea
Party at the
Pettigrew Home
& Museum
2 p.m.

19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.

Two National
Parks are
established, Grand Canyon in 1919 and Grand Tetons in 1929.
 
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1953
James D.
Wilson and Francis H. C.
Crick discover the chemical structure in DNA.