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KANABEC HISTORY CENTER
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​​Welcome to Kanabec History Center.

We collect and display Kanabec County's rich history. ​You can visit our museum and grounds, access research resources, and rent our venue.

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Members
Free One Year
Adults
$5
Students (K-12)
$3
Young Children
​(birth-preschool)
Free
Families
$14 (4+ persons)
Field Trips of 20+
$3/each
Seniors & Vets
$3.00
Annual Membership:
Individual
$35
Family
$50
Family+
$60
​​Membership includes free admission to Museum, Research materials, as well as discounts on rentals for one year.
​*Family+ includes admission for the guests of a family.
Business Sponsorships:
Score:           $200.00 - One Free Group Museum Tour                            per Year
Century:       $300.00 - One Free 2-hr. Rental Hall use                              per Year
Millennium: $500+ - One Free 3-hr. Rental Hall use,                                plus One Free Group Museum Tour per                            Year

Kanabec History Center is a Non-Profit Organization. Your annual Membership fee is Tax Deductible for most and gives you the pride of helping to preserve the history of Kanabec County for our community and future generations. Thank you for supporting our Kanabec County History Center!


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​Exhibits & Events​

1906 Kitchen exhibit

Museum Exhibits

The main building includes exhibits on logging, medicine, Ojibwe winter camps, and a 1906 kitchen. Inside the Pole Building are exhibits on farming in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as well as reconstructed storefronts of a dentist's office, department store, and blacksmith's shop.

Old Tyme Country School

Registration Information
Log Webster School building

Historic Buildings

Our grounds include the Webster School (1889-1899), Coin School (1899-1970), Whittier School (1904-1963), replica Mora Fire Hall (1904), and Caboose (1950s).
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CONTACT

​We're Here to Help

320-679-1665 | [email protected] | Facebook
Kanabec History Center Front Door

Research

​Visit our archives at the Kanabec History Center for access to birth, death, and marriage records, copies of Kanabec County Times newspapers, available plat maps, older photographs, and more.

Research Free to Members | ​$20/hour for Non-members
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You can also visit our digital image collection at the Minnesota Digital Library online.
Banquet room with tables set up

Venue Rental

Our Banquet room features a kitchen facility, WI-FI, air conditioning, accessible bathrooms, 11 tables, 53 chairs, a 58" Smart TV, and an 80" projector screen, coffee makers, misc. utensils, etc.  Capacity approximately 80 persons. 

Please add on for additional set-up and clean-up times.
A Deposit of $50 is required to reserve your date. We are a No Smoking, No Alcohol facility.
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The grounds include a fenced yard, picnic tables, and picturesque historic buildings (slightly higher rent). 

Members:  $30 per hour, min 3 hrs.
Non-Members: $40 per hour, min. 3 hrs.
Organizations: Call for weekly/group rates,
 details, and availability: ​320-679-1665 W-Fri, 9-4.
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