Two floors of exhibits, a family research center, children's playroom, and museum store provide visitors with an entertaining learning experience. Set in a 100-acre nature park, the Stearns History Museum's events, activities and exhibits tell the stories of the remarkable people and events that have made central Minnesota a great place to live. Come visit us!

-Coming Events-

BREAKFAST CLUB - Wednesday, May 14, 9 - 10 a.m. Developing Our Downtown Through Historic Preservation Pegg Gustafson, Executive Director of the St. Cloud Downtown Council is May's presenter. She will explain how St. Cloud has utilized preservation as a tool to spawn economic development.  Gustafson will also share some successes of downtown, including a slide show of before and after photographs illustrating how preservation improves the visual appearance of the streetscape.   

Tuesday, May 13 - 7:30 a.m. Breakfast with Dr. Annette Atkins, St. Cloud Holiday Inn Dr. Atkins will discuss "The State We're In - Minnesota at 150." Her talk is based on her latest book, Creating Minnesota: A History From the Inside Out, which provides a new history of the state as well as a rethinking of what state history ought to be. The book has been selected as a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. Dr. Atkins has been teaching at CSB/SJU since 1980. Her academic areas of interest are local and regional history, 19th century U.S. history and public history. The St. Cloud Holiday Inn is located at Division Street and Highway 15. Cost is $15. Atkin's book is available in the Museum Store.