Join the Rice County Historical Society for our annual celebration of our volunteers and members! Volunteers and Members are the ones who “make it happen” at the Rice County Historical Society. We hope you can make time in your busy holiday schedule to stop by the museum to enjoy some refreshments and so we can
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Join the Rice County Historical Society and the Minnesota Lace Society to learn about historic lacemaking! What were the different ways people made lace in the past? What kind of items and designs were made out of lace? The Lace Society will talk for about thirty minutes about lace history with lots of beautiful pictures
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Join the Rice County Historical Society and Gary Heyn on a journey of immigration history and the connections between communities across the sea. Learn about family, acquaintances, and neighbors who traveled from Gembitz Hauland Posen to Honey Creek Township in Sauk County, Wisconsin and Deerfield Township in Steele County, Minnesota in this talk about genealogy
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Do you enjoy the Faribault Fall Festival? Have you visited RCHS for Night at the Museum before? Join the two with our new fall event! The evening of October 4th, come down the museum to make your own caramel apples, paint pumpkins, take a historic hayride, listen to ghost stories, and connect with local history!
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Calling all cyclists! Have you ever taken a ride on the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail or gone on a jaunt around town? If you have, you are a part of over 100 years of cycling history in Rice County. Throughout the years, everything from the paths we ride to the types of bicycles have
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Join the Rice County Historical Society for our annual Fall Flea Market! Featuring tons of vendors and a great atmosphere. Entrance and parking to the Flea market is free to all!
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Join volunteer Brian Schmidt on a treasure-hunt adventure! Learn all about metal detecting safety, ethics, and try it out yourself. All kids will find "treasure" to take home! This FREE program is ideal for kids ages 9-12. Call 507-332-2121 or email rchs@rchistory.org to sign up
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Join RCHS for our annual Spring Flea Market! We will have tons of vendors and a great atmosphere. Entrance and parking to the Flea market is free to all! Those looking to be a vendor at the event should stop by the RCHS museum and fill out the necessary paperwork or email us at rchs@rchistory.org
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Join the Rice County Historical Society for Corinne Monjeau-Marz’s talk Metis in Minnesota, A Story of Us All. The Metis are a people native to Canada whose origins are marked by the mixing of European, notably French, and Indigenous Peoples. The Metis people often served as translators and traders during the Fur Trade. Learn about
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Have you ever wanted to learn how to embroider? Now is your chance! Join the Rice County Historical Society for the second event in our workshop series and learn the basics of embroidery! Our demonstrator Marie Tuma will show participants how to stamp embroidery patterns and start stitching away. Those who sign up will get
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Join us for another awesome kid’s day activity where we will be creating beautiful mosaics and learning about the local history of Rice County’s early African American community with genealogist and historian Mica Lee Anders. Kids will be able to make a picture frame to take home. Contact 507-332-2121 or education@rchistory.org to register for this
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Have you ever wanted to learn how to embroider? Now is your chance! Join the Rice County Historical Society for the second event in our workshop series and learn the basics of embroidery! Our demonstrator Marie Tuma will show participants how to stamp embroidery patterns and start stitching away. Those who sign up will get
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