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

Kid's Activity Day

July 17th
Old MacDonald's Farm
Explore the history of farming.

Kids Activity Day

August 21st
Native American Crafts
Be inspired by Native cultures.



July

Siouxland Heritage Museums Board
July 3rd and August 7th 11:30 a.m.

Siouxland Heritage
Museums Alliance Board
July 10th and August 14th at 5:30 p.m.


 

July  2008
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.



 


Museums
Closed for
Independence
Day
1996
A sheep born
in Scotland
becomes the
first mammal
successfully
cloned from an
adult cell.
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19th Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.

Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.



Bobbins & Pins
Lace Makers
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
American Indian
Beadwork

Exhibit Opening
Reception
5-7 pm
Mount Pleasant
Cemetery
1-7 pm



Noon Concert
Steel Groove
Noon Concert
 
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1985
Live Aid, a
worldwide
charity concert
to raise money
for African
hunger, is held
in London and
Philadelphia.
Early Sioux Falls
Cemeteries
Bus Tour
7 p.m.
call 367-8222
Bus
 



Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.



Old MacDonald's Farm!
9-11:30 a.m.
1-2:30 p.m.

Walking TourNorth McKennan Park 7 p.m.




Noon Concert
Jim Groth
Noon Concert
1799
A French
soldier
discover the
Rosetta Stone
in Egypt, a black
basalt slab
inscribed with
three ancient
scripts identical
in meaning.
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19th Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.

Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.




R.F. Pettigrew
Birthday Party
5-8 p.m.


Walking TourDuluth
Avenue
7 p.m.



Noon Concert
SD Jazz
Orchestra
Noon Concert
Into the Pit
Quarry Tour
9:30 a.m.

Trolley Tour
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1949
The world's first
jet-propelled
airliner, the
British De
Havilland Comet

makes its maiden test
voyage in
England.
Early Sioux Falls
Cemeteries
Bus Tour
7 p.m.
call 367-8222
Bus

Into the Pit
Quarry Tour
10 a.m.

Trolley Tour



Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.



Warehouse
District
7 p.m.

Walking Tour

 

 

August

Attend a summer tea party at the Pettigrew!

August 3rd for girls 7-11.
August 27th for adults.
Call 367-7097 to register!

 

August  2008
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Noon Concert
Mat d.
Noon Concert
1990
Iraqi forces
invade Kuwait
in an effort to
gain oil and land
on the Persian
Gulf coast.
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Victoria Tea
Party at the
Pettigrew
Home and
Museum
1 & 3 p.m.
   
Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.

Into the Pit
Quarry Tour

2 p.m.
Trolley Tour
Mount Pleasant
Cemetery II
7 p.m.
Walking Tour



Noon Concert
Spaghetti
Western String
Co.
Noon Concert
 
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1846
The
Smithsonian
Institution is
created in the
name of its
financial donor,
late English
scientist James
Smithson.
Early Sioux Falls
Cemeteries
Bus Tour
7 p.m.
call 367-8222
Bus
 
19th Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.
Bobbins & Pins
Lace Makers
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Walking TourSouth End
Cathedral District
7 p.m.



Noon Concert
Hank Harris &
Jeremy Hegg
Noon Concert
1896
George
Carmack
discovers gold
in Canada's
Yukon
Territory,
sparking a
gold rush.
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Into the Pit
Quarry Tour

10 a.m.
Trolley Tour
 




Native American
Crafts

9-11:30 a.m.
1-3 p.m.
Noon Concert
Dakota District
Pipes & Drums
Noon Concert
Family Farm
Dinner
6:30 p.m.
 
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Early Sioux Falls
Cemeteries
Bus Tour
7 p.m.
call 367-8222
Bus
 
19th Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.

Victoria Tea
Party at the
Pettigrew
Home and
Museum
2 p.m.
1968
Tens of thousands
of Vietnam War
protesters
disrupts the
Democratic
National
Convention in
Chicago.



Noon Concert
Terry Brooks
Trio
Noon Concert
 
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