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Yellow Medicine County Museum & Historical Society, Granite Falls, MN

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Yellow Medicine County Museum & Historical Society

County history museum in Granite Falls with pioneer rooms, Native American displays, and a genealogy library.

Granite Falls, MN

About Yellow Medicine County Museum & Historical Society

Run by the Yellow Medicine County Historical Society, this museum sits beside the Minnesota River where Highways 23 and 67 meet. Its exhibits cover local geology and archaeology, including a bison kill site, Native American artifacts and a birch canoe, Civil War and Sioux Uprising material, and pioneer life with a general store, blacksmith shop, bedrooms, kitchen, and one-room school. Visitors can also use a genealogy library and a family history lab with computers that offer Ancestry.com access.

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  • #pioneer life
  • #Native American history
  • #genealogy
  • #geology

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