Museum & Exhibits

Materials At The Museum

The Minster Historical Society and Museum offers research books, maps and a collection of family genealogies. Our museum has extensive files on businesses, people, events and organizations. We offer Ancestry.com to our members. Be sure to check out our new obituary file.

Stop in and check it out

Genealogy

The Minster Historical Society and Museum houses a funeral card file collection of over 20,000 names. This information is very valuable to genealogists and is an extremely busy spot in the Museum. A special thank you to Mary Knapke for keeping these cards organized and up to date.

Donation of these cards at any time is greatly appreciated.

Newspaper Archive

Thanks to an anonymous donation, Minster Newspapers dating back to 1888 have been converted into PDF format so they can be viewed from anywhere in the world!

Volunteer At The Museum

From docents during our open hours, staffing for special events, cleaning, research, computer work or baking cookies…

We need your help!