Saturday Sep 23, 2017
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Steele County Historical Society Joins Smithsonian magazine’s
13th Annual Museum Day Live!
Free Admission on September 23, 2017, with a Downloadable Museum Day Live! Ticket
Over Here, Over There: The Great War – Autos & Roads
Owatonna, MN September 20, 2017— The Steele County Historical Society will open its doors free of charge on Saturday September 23, 2017, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s thirteenth annual Museum Day Live!, an initiative in which participating museums across the United States emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based facilities, which offer free admission every day, and open their doors for free to those who download a Museum Day Live! ticket.
Smithsonian recognizes the extraordinary power of museums, and other cultural institutions, to provide visitors with insight and inspiration. The event represents a nationwide commitment to boundless curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge wherever you are. Over 200,000 people downloaded tickets for last year’s event, and this year’s event is expected to attract more museum-goers than ever before.
The Steele County History Center opened in 2014 as the home of the Steele County Historical Society. The fully accessible Steele County History Center features rotating exhibits, displays, and educational programming relative to Steele County and Minnesota history. Currently on exhibit, ‘Over Here, Over There: The Great War’ and ‘Autos and Roads’. The County Junction, a specialty gift shop, features items hand-crafted as well as unique gift items and is open during museum hours.
The Village of Yesteryear, operated by the Steele County Historical Society, is a setting of nineteen structures where you can experience what life was like in Owatonna and Steele County at the turn of the 20th Century. The Village of Yesteryear features, the Dunnell House an 1868 Mansion built by Mark Hill Dunnell, two log cabins, Bixby Depot and a Caboose from Steele County dating back to the 1850’s, General Store/Post Office building, Town Hall, Fire Station, Farm Machinery Building, Blacksmith Shop, Beaver Lake Pop Stand, Country School House the St. Wenceslaus of Moravia Church built in 1891, and more. The buildings are furnished according to the time they were built, and are connected by a boardwalk.
The Museum Day Live! ticket is available for download at Smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues on September 23, 2017. One ticket per email address is permitted. For more information about Museum Day Live! 2017 and a full list of participating museums and cultural institutions, please visit Smithsonian.com/museumday.
For more information, please visit Smithsonian.com/museumday.
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