Last updated: 5/30/2011
4008 220th St WFarmington, MN 55024
PO BOX 73Farmington, MN 55024
By appointment only due to being staffed by volunteers.
None when there are not any events going on in the village, otherwise there is a gate admission depending on the event.
|
Alisa Peterson
phone: 651-460-8050
|
|
Pearl Shirley
phone: 651-460-8050
|
Dakota City Heritage Village is a 1900-era village and museum dedicated to connecting people to the rural past. Dakota City is a non-profit organization that welcomes anyone interested in preserving the past for today and tomorrow.
Dakota City Heritage Village will collect and preserve rural agricultural heritage in Dakota County through living history interpretation, education, and the collection, preservation, and exhibition of information, objects and buildings.
Our five-acre site includes 22 buildings where visitors experience living history firsthand
with costumed interpreters and demonstrations. Events throughout the year focus on rural life 100 years ago including how residents met their needs for food,clothing, shelter, and social connection.
Ahlberg Heritage Center, our museum, houses more than 10,000 artifacts depicting social and rural history, with an emphasis on agriculture.
Dakota City provides a number of
education programs providing personal
experiences with history for students.
School Visit Programs - Educational programs are available for elementary school classes. There are three programs:
Hands-On History -(K - 1st grade)
This 90-minute program may include:
* Helping with chores outside at the
Harris House
* Gathering eggs and shopping at the
General Store
* Touching blacksmith items
* Using writing slates in the School
One-Room School House - (2nd - 5th grade)
This 4-hour program includes:
* Two hours in the School, learning
1900-era lessons as they were taught in
rural schools
* Play old fashioned-games outdoors
* Eat their brown bag lunch in the Drug
Store
* Have a 75-minute tour of eight buildings
in The Village.
Village Experience - (grades 2 and up)
School tours of The Village are available,
with tours designed to meet the age and
interests of the group attending.
Typically, the program takes one and
one-half hours and students visit about nine
buildings in The Village and participate in
two hands-on activities.
As follows:
Quarterly newsletter.
Party Line Newsletter
This information, including business hours, addresses and contact information is
provided for general reference purposes only. No representation is made or warranty is given as
to its content or the reliability thereof. User assumes all risk of use. Stories USA, Inc.
and its content suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or delay resulting from such
use. Please call ahead to verify the dates, the location and directions.