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If you're looking for history, this is the place to check out!  The Pioneer Museum & Research Center specializes in preserving & presenting history!  They cover the history of Western Hennepin County and Northern Lake Minnetonka.

 

ORGANIZATION & HISTORY

The Western Hennepin County Pioneers Association (WHCPA) has been a continuously active organization since its founding in 1907.  The membership currently numbers over 500 families and businesses, from Alaska to Florida, almost all having their roots here in Western Hennepin County.

The Museum and Research Center was established in 1958 in the basement of the State Bank of Long Lake, and in 1968 moved to its present location in the historic 1917 Long Lake schoolhouse.

In an effort to expand the historical offerings, several buildings have been added:  the restored 1858 log school and two carriage houses on the main site in Long Lake, a satellite museum in the old Independence Town Hall on Highway 12 west of Maple Plain, and the restored log house of homesteader Charles Wolsfeld, now located adjacent to the Medina City Hall on County Road 24.

The WHCPA still adheres to the charter that was adopted in 1907 - "to cultivate fraternal and social relations among members, to preserve the record of the lives of the pioneers and to provide for the preservation and care of such articles as portraits, paintings, manuscripts and records of historical value."

¡ Brochure, "Pioneer Museum& Research Center," Organization & History.
 

PIONEER MUSEUM
   
Western Hennepin County Pioneers Assoc. (952) 473-6557
  1953 West Wayzata Blvd  
  P.O. Box 332  
  Long Lake, MN 55356  
     
Museum    
  Hours: Saturdays - 10 am - 4 pm  
     
Research Center  
  Hours: Saturdays - 10 am - 1 pm  
     
  Website: www.whcpa-museum.org
  E-Mail: pioneer_museum@hotmail.com
   
 

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