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School Tours
The Barron County Historical Society would like to invite your school to participate in our Annual School Tour/End of the Year Field Trip Program.
To reserve your tour, please print, complete, and return the School Tour Form at your earliest convenience.
Picnic tables are available, if your group wants to bring a sack lunch.
If groups want to take part in a
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scavenger hunt
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play an game of vintage baseball
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reserve the one-room school house for an hour
let us know we’ll do our best to accommodate.
Students are encouraged to dress in period costumes. The museum offers a small prize to the students who come in 1880s garb. Students and the volunteers really enjoy this.
Students can also:
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tour the museum grounds
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walking back through history
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chat with the volunteers
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enjoying a picnic lunch under the pines
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make and purchase jump ropes for $1.00
It's a great way to spend the day with the class.
After the visit, students will receive a Complimentary Pass to return to the Museum at a future date.
![]() School Tours 2018Clothes washing at the Farmstead |
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![]() School Tours 2018Jingle Dancer from St. Croix Ojibwe |
![]() School Tours 2018Seeking out Vintage Baseball participants |
![]() School Tours 2018In the stocks at the Jail |
![]() School Tours 2018Learning to play Vintage Baseball |
![]() School Tours 2018Making wooden pegs |
![]() School Tours 2018Orientation with Village historian Carol Kettner |
![]() School Tours 2018Enjoying ice cream at the Saloon |
![]() School Tours 2018Examining unique finds |
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![]() School Tours 2018Learning about blacksmithing |
![]() School Tours 2018Learning how yarn is spun from wool |
![]() School Tours 2018The joy of old-fashioned toys |
![]() School Tours 2018Learning loom rug weaving |
![]() School Tours 2018Learning about the railroad |
![]() School Tours 2018St. Croix Ojibwe dancers teaching traditional dance to young visitors |
![]() 2018 School ToursExamining displays in Jerome Hall |