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Scott County Historical Museum Searching, saving, and sharing the history and cultural heritage of Scott County, Minnesota.

Scott County Historical Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit museum, historic house, and research library with a mission to search, save, and share Scott County history. Located in downtown Shakopee since its founding in 1969, SCHS serves the entire Scott County community by preserving information and making it available through professional collection practices, engaging exhibits and educational outreach programs for people of all ages.

We are trying out a new event (hopefully a new annual tradition)! A Festival of Wreaths. This friendly contest allows or...
10/12/2026

We are trying out a new event (hopefully a new annual tradition)! A Festival of Wreaths. This friendly contest allows organizations, businesses, or just groups of friends to get together and design a themed artificial wreath. That wreath will then be hung in our main hallway for 3 weeks, during which time anyone who comes to visit can cast their vote for their favorite. More details on dates in the attached picture.

Everyone gets 1 free vote. You can add votes to your favorite wreath - $1 per vote. The winning wreath will be announced the week of Dec. 22nd via social media and our SCHS website. All proceeds go to SCHS and the winning team (or individual) gets a prize.

We have 10 spots available this year. $25 per entry. To register or if you have any questions, call Lindsay (leave a message if no one answers) at 952-445-0378. All ages are welcome to enter. Your wreath must be artificial, as we are housed in a museum 🙂

Today we are sharing a few of the handbags from our collection for National Handbag Day. From clutches to totes, practic...
10/10/2026

Today we are sharing a few of the handbags from our collection for National Handbag Day. From clutches to totes, practical to fashion statement, handbags offer a fun statement to an outfit.
Click on the photos to see the entire image!
The yellow clutch purse belonged to Verena Mamer Wagner, of New Prague (circa 1925-1935). The white purse with gold swirl designs is from the 1950s and belonged to Ethel Jacobson. The hard-case clutch is from the 1960s, it has a small gold chain that could be attached if desired. Lastly, the decorative beaded small purse with long chain belonged to Cora Coller and was dated to 1925.

Join us one week from today at 5:30pm for a presentation of the Weird and Wonderful in Early Shakopee, by David Schleper...
10/07/2026

Join us one week from today at 5:30pm for a presentation of the Weird and Wonderful in Early Shakopee, by David Schleper.

The event is free and open to the public - we have about 25 seats. You can call and reserve a spot if you'd like or you can just show up!

Here's what came up when I hit the random object button in our software database. It's a tape measure, but every object ...
10/04/2026

Here's what came up when I hit the random object button in our software database. It's a tape measure, but every object has a history. This 50-foot tape measure was used by Frederika and John Woestehoff on their farmstead in Blakeley. The tape measure has a round metal housing painted yellow/gold. The tape itself is fabric printed in black. On the top side of the housing is a metal handle that flips up to open/close. The handle manually rewinds the tape.

Our People & Places Gallery will be re-opening with a new exhibit. The 2026-2027 season will feature guest curator Margo...
10/03/2026

Our People & Places Gallery will be re-opening with a new exhibit. The 2026-2027 season will feature guest curator Margo Gavle Prescott who takes her photography skills around the county in a then versus now look of a number of buildings.

Join us Sat. October 10th from 11am - 1pm at SCHS for an opening event. Meet Margo and chat with her about her photography! Event is free and open to the public.

Today is National Custodian appreciation day - so we are posting some photos from the collection of school custodians. M...
10/02/2026

Today is National Custodian appreciation day - so we are posting some photos from the collection of school custodians. Most of these come from the yearbooks (and were taken by LeRoy Lebens), except the Belle Plaine School.

Pictures include: Alex Beckius and an unknown man (Shakopee); Earl Casey, Belle Plaine (1955 - the circle photo); Francis Bisek (1968 standing in the hallway); Bob Read (1968, pushing a broom in a gym); Larry Geis (1971 in front of a brick wall).

September 28th marks St Wenceslaus Day, which observes the death of the Duke of Wenceslaus. Historically, one of the lar...
09/28/2026

September 28th marks St Wenceslaus Day, which observes the death of the Duke of Wenceslaus. Historically, one of the large pockets of Czech immigrants moved to the New Prague area - so today we are sharing some photos of today's namesake church. The church (and school) have a long history and are still active today.

The aerial view was taken (according to the notes in the file) circa 1935-1940.
The interior photo was taken by George Mikiska in 2002.

Today is Food Service Workers Day. While this day of appreciation applies to those who work in all realms of food servic...
09/26/2026

Today is Food Service Workers Day. While this day of appreciation applies to those who work in all realms of food service, we thought we would share some of LeRoy Lebens photos from the Shakopee High School yearbooks of some of the food service workers from the schools. The top photo is from the 1964 yearbook and the bottom one is from the 1958 yearbook.

09/23/2026

We will be opening at 10:00am Thursday September 24th.

It might by getting closer to winter but apparently it's National Ice Cream Cone day. Are you more of a waffle cone, cak...
09/22/2026

It might by getting closer to winter but apparently it's National Ice Cream Cone day. Are you more of a waffle cone, cake cone, or sugar cone fan? Here are a few spots you might be able to grab one over the years....do you remember any others?

Address

235 Fuller Street S
Shakopee, MN
55379

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

+19524450378

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