• Vietnam Veterans Presentation Series

    Lyon County Historical Society Museum 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN, United States

    The Lyon County Museum is hosting a Vietnam Veterans Presentation Series on four days in early September.  The Lyon County veterans, Ray Fox, Royal Hettling, Karl Porisch, and Rich Maurer will share about their military training, Vietnam service, and return

  • St. Rose Academy: A Boarding School for American Indian Girls in Avoca, Minnesota

    Lyon County Historical Society Museum 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN, United States

    The sisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) founded St. Rose Academy, a Catholic boarding and day school, in Avoca, Minnesota, in 1883. In 1884, Bishop John Ireland of St. Paul secured a US government contract to

  • Vietnam Veterans Presentation Series

    Lyon County Historical Society Museum 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN, United States

    The Lyon County Museum is hosting a Vietnam Veterans Presentation Series on four days in early September.  The Lyon County veterans, Ray Fox, Royal Hettling, Karl Porisch, and Rich Maurer will share about their military training, Vietnam service, and return

  • Arts and Living History Festival

    Memorial Park Marshall, MN

    The Arts and Living History Festival is Saturday, September 28 at Memorial Park in Marshall. EVENT SCHEUDLE From 10AM - 2PM at memorial park, check out vendors, Food Trucks, Old Time Photos, Kids Make & Take, Historical Reenactors 11AM-2PM: Fabulous

  • Museum Closed on Saturday, September 28

    Lyon County Historical Society Museum 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN, United States

    The Lyon County Museum is closed on Saturday, September 28 for the Arts and Living History Festival.  The Arts and Living History Festival is located at Memorial Park in Marshall and runs from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

  • Monthly Veterans Coffee

    Lyon County Historical Society Museum 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN, United States

    Monthly veterans coffees are the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Lyon County Museum, 301 W Lyon St, Marshall.  The monthly coffee is open to all veterans.  Enjoy coffee, water, juice, and treats while visiting with fellow veterans in

  • Escape Room at the Schoolhouse

    Lyon County Fairgrounds Fairgrounds Rd, Marshall, Minnesota

    The theme for this year’s Escape Room at the Schoolhouse is Lost Classroom Pet.  Your team will look for clues and solve puzzles to find the lost classroom pet.  Maximum of 5 people per team are allowed to compete for

  • Escape Room at the Schoolhouse

    Lyon County Fairgrounds Fairgrounds Rd, Marshall, Minnesota

    The theme for this year’s Escape Room at the Schoolhouse is Lost Classroom Pet.  Your team will look for clues and solve puzzles to find the lost classroom pet.  Maximum of 5 people per team are allowed to compete for

  • The Wright Brothers First Flight at Kitty Hawk, NC Program

    Lyon County Historical Society Museum 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN, United States

    The Lyon County Museum, 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, is hosting David Johnston, the American History Story Teller on Monday, October 21 at 5:30 pm.  David Johnston will present on “The Wright Brothers First Flight at Kitty Hawk, NC”.  This

  • Mark S. Goodenow Collections Storage Room Open House

    Lyon County Historical Society Museum 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN, United States

    In December 2023, the Lyon County Historical Society received a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant of $141,000 towards the implementation of a compact storage system in the basement storage room of the Lyon County Museum, 301 W Lyon St,