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Winona County History Center
Events at this venue
Photography Exhibit: “Hakikta” by Joseph J. Allen
Hakikta (“to look back“ in Dakota) presents an overview of the thirty-year career of Joseph J. Allen, a photographer whose celebrated engagement with Native land and people has been exhibited [...]
Partners in History Program: Bloedow Bakery Story
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaPartners in History Program Bloedow Bakery Story May 16, 7:00 PM • Wanek Hall • Free Sandbar Storytelling Festival kicks off the local story series by celebrating Bloedow Bakery’s [...]
Partners in History Program: Peerless Chain Story
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaPartners in History Program Peerless Chain Story June 6, 7:00 PM • Wanek Hall • Free The Sandbar Storytelling Festival local story series features the story of the Peerless Chain Company. Peerless, located on Winona’s east end, has been in business since 1917. The company started making tire chains and eventually expanded to industrial and [...]
WCHS Weekend Walking Tour: “People of the Past”
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaJune 29 & 30, 10:30 a.m. • People of the Past: Those Who Built and Worked in Downtown Winona with Lacey Korb Step back in time with a guided [...]
Partners in History Program: Wenonah Canoe Story
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaCome and hear the story of Wenonah Canoe where owner Mike Cichanowski built his first canoe in 1965. Mike was born to paddle. He grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River, where he cultivated a love for the water and an insatiable curiosity to explore it. First with his father’s canoe. Later, with wood-strip canoes [...]
WCHS Weekend Walking Tour: “From Fires to Floods: Downtown Disasters”
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaJuly 27 & 28, 10:30 a.m. • From Fires to Floods: Downtown Disasters with Lacey Korb Step back in time with a guided walking tour with the Winona County Historical Society! This season we are focusing on a different theme each month. People, architecture, and stories galore fill each engaging walk through areas of [...]
WCHS Weekend Walking Tour: “Then and Now: Second Street”
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaAugust 10 & 11, 10:30 a.m. • Then and Now: Second Street with Mary Alice Anderson Step back in time with a guided walking tour with the Winona County Historical Society! This season we are focusing on a different theme each month. People, architecture, and stories galore fill each engaging walk through areas of historic [...]
WCHS Weekend Walking Tour: “Then and Now: Third Street”
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaSeptember 14 &15, 10:30 a.m. • Then and Now: Third Street with Mary Alice Anderson Step back in time with a guided walking tour with the Winona County Historical Society! This season we are focusing on a different theme each month. People, architecture, and stories galore fill each engaging walk through areas of historic Winona, [...]
Partners in History Program: Project FINE Story
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaSharing the stories that have shaped Winona, the Sandbar Storytelling Festival, in partnership with the Winona History Center, is offering their 3rd series entitled, "Business and Immigrant Stories of Winona." All events begin at 7 p.m. at the Winona County History Center, 160 Johnson St. Our fourth and final offering for 2024 is Project FINE. Project [...]
Voices from The Past Cemetery Walk
Winona County History Center 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MinnesotaTake a walk into the past with our autumn fundraiser event that brings stories of Winona County to life with community actors. Join us in beautiful Woodlawn Cemetery to learn more about local history in a fun and unique way. Each year highlights a different historic theme and different people whose stories are told by [...]