School Programs
History Camp



School Programs:
Tours are availabe for all age groups, at a cost of $1.00 per student for a basic tour and $2.00 per student for a village experience. Teachers and chaperones are free. Please contact the museum at least 2 weeks in advance by phone at 507-332-2121 or by email at rchs@rchistory.org.

Please have the following information ready:
     Contact person - name and phone number
     Desired date and time - Museum hours are: Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 4:00 PM
     Age of students
     Size of group
     Length of time desired
     Type of tour

Basic Tour:
A basic tour of one hour will consist of time spent in the
     Museum -- Included are displays on fir trading, Native Americans, Bishop Whipple, local industries, and a Main Street diorama including a general store, barbershop and jail.
     Log Cabin -- What would it have been like living in a cabin like this one?
     Pleasant Valley School -- Who would have attended a one room school and what would it have been like to have been a student there?
     Holy Innocents Church -- Why were there so many churches in the county and what did they look like inside?
     Harvest and Heritage Halls -- Discover how the appliances and machinery have changed over the years.
To view images of the Village (Log Cabin, Pleasant Valley School and Harvest and Heritage Halls), click here.

Pleasant Valley School Experience:
In this program students will experience what it was like to be a student in a one room school house. Activities will include:
     School lessons as they were taught in schools of this period
     Outdoor games from long ago
     Discussion about how schools have changed

If desired students can eat lunch near the school and compare their lunches to what a former student might have eaten. This is a two hour experience and can accomodate one class at a time. The fee is $2.00 per sudent with no charge for adults.

Log Cabin Experience:
Students will step back in time to imagine what life must have been like living in a cabin such as this. By asking questions such as; where would they sleep? What would they eat? What would they wear? Students will come to a braoder understanding of what life was like in Early Rice County.

Activities will include:
     Grinding Wheat
     Using a table loom
     Washing clothes by hand
     Using a "Yankee drill"
     Working on a rag rug
     Using a bit and brace
     Shelling corn
     Making butter
     Playing old time games

This is a 75 minute experience and can accomodate one class. The fee is $2.00 per students wiht no charge for adults.

History Camp:
History Camp is RCHS' summer program for students who have finished grades 3-5. This year the camp will run from August 2-6. Over the years we have done a variety of different activities, and our newly formed educational committee is currently coming up with great ideas for this year. Please check back soon for information on registration and this years activities!