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Melrose Area Museum, Melrose, MN

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Melrose Area Museum

Local history museum in a former convent in central Stearns County, covering pioneers, aviation, and early businesses.

518 2nd St SE, Melrose, MN 56352 · Melrose, MN

About Melrose Area Museum

Run by the Melrose Area Historical Society, this museum occupies a former convent building and presents exhibits on the area's early settlers, pilots, milliners, and community leaders. Visitors can tour the rooms, which include a period parlor, a schoolroom, and displays of local memorabilia. A research center holds family histories, oral-history recordings, photographs, and decades of local newspaper issues, and a small store sells regional history books and woven afghans.

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