Description
The musuem covers exhibits from the geology of the area, through early natives, voyageurs/trapping, logging, mining, how people lived, and an ever changing exhibit on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
History
The Ely-Winton Historical Society was started in the 1960s but came to be part of the Vermilion Community College in the 1980s when the State, the City and the IRRRB funded a new Fine Arts Wing to the college which included a state of the art museum for the historical society. We are located at the college but are governed by our own board.
Artifacts Collections
Geological samples, Anishinabi moccasins and examples of beadwork, old logging and mining tools, examples of past businesses, the importance of women on the frontier, and the history of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Research Collections
Many books and files on local history and local people past and present. Microfilm from all the city's newspapers.
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