Calendar of Events

 

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

Kid's Activity Day

November 19th
Ice Age Giants

Design your own mammoth puppet!

Kids Activity Day

December 17th
Can't Catch Me

Make a fun gingerbread craft!



November

Siouxland Heritage Museums Board
November 5th and December 3rd at 11:30 a.m.
Siouxland Heritage
Museums Alliance Board
November 12th and December 10th at 5:30 p.m.

Sioux Valley Genealogical Society
November 5th and December 3rd at 7 p.m.

Minnehaha County Historical Society
November 19th and December 17th at 6 p.m.


Come Down for Great Music at the
Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series 2009-2010 Beginning November 6th!

Vietnam Stories Needed for Upcoming Exhibit
The Old Courthouse Museum will feature the Vietnam War in an upcoming exhibit.  If you have a story that you would like to share about the war in Vietnam or how it affected life back in the United States, please call Lisa Studts at 367-4210 ext. 3021.

November  2009
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
      19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.
1994
George Foreman
becomes
boxing's oldest
heavyweight
champion at the
age of 45.




Noon Concert
Dave Moore
Noon Concert
 
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1895
German
physicist
Wilhelm Conrad
Rontgen
discovers
x-rays by
accident in his
lab.
 

Mom & Me
Tea Party
at the Pettigrew
Home & Museum
2 p.m.



Museums
Closed for
Veteran's Day
Bobbins & Pins
Lace Makers
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.



Noon Concert
Hank Harris
with Jeremy and Jon Hegg
Noon Concert
 
15 16 17 18 19 20 21


Author
Curtis A. Dahlin
Presents:
The Dakota
Uprising
2 p.m.
    19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.





Ice Age Giants!

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




Noon Concert
Truckstop
Souvenir
Noon Concert
 
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
      Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.



Museums
Closed for
Thanksgiving
Day.




Noon Concert
Fiddler Nelson
Noon Concert
1520
Ferdinand
Magellan enters
the Pacific
Ocean below
South America
becoming the
first European
to travel from the Atlantic
Ocean to the
Pacific.
29 30  
   

 

December

Enjoy the Holiday Decorations, Treats, Music, and Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides
Around the Neighborhood at
A Holiday Evening at the Pettigrew Home & Museum, December 10th from 5-8 p.m.

Would you like to learn how to care for important pieces of clothing, such as your wedding dress, baby clothes, or family linens? If so, the Textile Preservation Program at the Old Courthouse December 17th will help you learn the proper handling and storage techniques to keep your textiles in good condition during storage. Please call 367-4210 ext. 0 to register.

End of the year with a free kid's craft day at Craftapallooza at the Old Courthouse Museum December 31st! Stop in for a variety of craft activities between 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.

December  2009
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
  1 2 3 4 5
  19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.
 



Noon Concert
Augustana
String Quartet
Noon Concert
1945
Five U.S.
Navy bombers
disappear along
with a Mariner
rescue aircraft in the Bermuda
Triangle.
6 7 8 9 10 11 12



Victorian
Holiday Tea
Party at the
Pettigrew Home
& Museum
2 p.m.
   

1992
1800 United
States Marines
arrive in
Mogadishu,
Somalia aimed
at restoring
order.
Bobbins & Pins
Lace Makers
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

A Holiday
Evening
at the
Pettigrew
5-8 p.m.







Noon Concert
Bill and Kate Isles
Noon Concert
 
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
2000
Al Gore
concedes defeat to
George W. Bush
in the legally
contested
presidential
election.
    19th-Century
Hand Weaving
9-10 a.m.

Can't Catch Me!

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


Textile Care &
Preservation
Program 4:30 p.m.




Noon Concert
T. Wilson King
Noon Concert
1998
The U.S. House of Representatives
approves two
articles of
impeachment
against
President Bill
Clinton.
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
         


Museums
Closed for
Christmas Day.



 
27 28 29 30 31  
1932
Radio City
Music Hall
opens in
New York City.


  Victorian Girl
Tea Party at the
Pettigrew Home
& Museum
2 p.m.
Starlab
1, 2, 3 p.m.



Craftapallooza
9-11:30 a.m.
1-3 p.m.