Legacy of The Lakes Museum

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The Legacy of The Lakes Museum celebrates our lake traditions and legacies, and is committed to their preservation for future generations. Discover classic boats, grand hotel and resort history, fishing memorabilia and much more as you stroll through our ever-changing exhibits. The Legacy Gardens, on the Museum's campus, showcases beautiful landscaping, water features, walking paths, gazebos, and quiet alcoves.

We're a week away from our annual Family Day at the museum on June 7! We'll have fun activities and prizes for the kids ...
05/31/2026

We're a week away from our annual Family Day at the museum on June 7!

We'll have fun activities and prizes for the kids from 1-3 pm, free museum admission from 12-4 pm, and an awesome free concert for the kids at 3 pm featuring The Bazillions and their kid-friendly rock and roll!

Hungry? We'll have free refreshments like popcorn and frozen treats from the Icicle Tricycle or you can get a hot dog off the grill with our $5 hot dog basket.

Before we close out the month of May, we wanted to do one more "20 Things" post in honor of opening for our 20th Anniver...
05/29/2026

Before we close out the month of May, we wanted to do one more "20 Things" post in honor of opening for our 20th Anniversary Season! So here are "20 Things That Happened in 2006."

1. We opened the doors to our current location for the first time ⚓️
2. Twitter (now known as X) launched 🐦
3. Montenegro declared their independence and separated from Serbia 🇲🇪
4. The Winter Olympic Games were held in Turin, Italy ⛷️
5. Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet 🌌
6. The world population was just over 6.6 billion 👥
7. The highest grossing film was Pitates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 🏴‍☠️
8. The best selling album of the year? The High School Musical soundtrack 🏀
9. Frost occurred in New Delhi, India for the first time in 70 years ❄️
10. Nasa's Stardust mission is the first to collect and return dust from a comet ☄️
11. The Human Genome Project publishes the final chromosome sequence as part of their mapping project 🧬
12. Italy wins the FIFA world cup ⚽️
13. Australian conservationist Steve Irwin was killed filming an underwater documentary 🎥
14. Luxembourg becomes the first country to switch off analog television, switching to digital 📺
15. Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion...thats about $2.8 billion in 2026 purchasing power 💰
16. Taylor Swift released her debut album 💿
17. No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Po***ck became the most expensive painting to date when it sold for $140 million ($231 million) 🎨
18. Sony released the Playstation 3, while Nintendo launched the Wii 🎮
19. The UK settled its WWII loan with the US 💷>>>💵
20. Actress McKenna Grace, who has over 80 film credits to her name, was born on June 25 🎭

The museum is now open for the season, 7 days a week (closed holidays). Find us in downtown Alexandria, MN!

The Paddle Art Gallery is open for viewing and voting! The public is invited to vote for their favorite adult and youth ...
05/28/2026

The Paddle Art Gallery is open for viewing and voting! The public is invited to vote for their favorite adult and youth category paddle for the People's Choice Award. You can vote in person at the museum (admission to the Paddle Gallery is free) or online using this link: https://forms.gle/Xi9qrsHMytGPe38J9

Starting now through August (when we present the awards), we'll be featuring paddles each week. This week's featured artists are:

Julie Arneson-Wild Ricing
Paige Atwater-Noonans Park
Ellen Aarsvold, Youth Artist-Under the Sea

We hope you'll come to the museum and check out the over 40 amazing works of art created by community members!

Love trivia? Love your local museums? Then join us for "History 250: A Revolutionary Trivia Night!"This themed history e...
05/27/2026

Love trivia? Love your local museums? Then join us for "History 250: A Revolutionary Trivia Night!"

This themed history event will span time and topics relating to the United States' semiquincentennial, including history, pop culture, and more! This is a joint fundraiser between Legacy of the Lakes and Douglas County Historical Society MN.

Sign up individually or assemble a team!More info and registration here: https://lolm.betterworld.org/events/history-250/

Our annual Family Day is just around the corner on Sunday, June 7, from 12-3 pm!This fun and free day is the perfect opp...
05/26/2026

Our annual Family Day is just around the corner on Sunday, June 7, from 12-3 pm!

This fun and free day is the perfect opportunity to check out the museum and all we have to offer. That day we'll have:

🎟 Free museum admission
🎨Crafts
👱Kid's Activities
🏴‍☠️Demonstrations
🍿Free Snacks

At 3:00 pm, there will be a free concert featuring the Bazillions and their kid friendly rock and roll!

Thank you to our sponsor Aagard for making this event possible!

In observance of Memorial Day, our museum and office are closed today, 5/25. We will reopen with regular hours on Tuesda...
05/25/2026

In observance of Memorial Day, our museum and office are closed today, 5/25. We will reopen with regular hours on Tuesday, 5/26.

Our museum will be open regular hours this Saturday and Sunday (5/23 & 5/24), but closed on Monday (5/25) in observance ...
05/23/2026

Our museum will be open regular hours this Saturday and Sunday (5/23 & 5/24), but closed on Monday (5/25) in observance of Memorial Day.

It's here, opening day of our 20th Anniversary Season!We're open seven days a week, 10-5 weekdays, 10-4 Saturdays, and 1...
05/22/2026

It's here, opening day of our 20th Anniversary Season!

We're open seven days a week, 10-5 weekdays, 10-4 Saturdays, and 12-4 Sundays and conveniently located in downtown Alexandria, MN!

Stop by and see our exhibits and learn what's new!

We call this piece "Opening Day is Tomorrow and We Have Many Boats to Clean," a study in black and white. We open our do...
05/21/2026

We call this piece "Opening Day is Tomorrow and We Have Many Boats to Clean," a study in black and white.

We open our doors for the season tomorrow, 5/22, at 10 am! We're busy today doing last minute cleaning touch ups and finishin touches on exhibits. We can't wait to show you what our 20th Anniversary Season will bring!

We're located right in downtown Alexandria, MN, so stop by for a visit this season!

What do you do when you're a maritime museum celebrating your 20th anniversary and America is celebrating its 250th? You...
05/20/2026

What do you do when you're a maritime museum celebrating your 20th anniversary and America is celebrating its 250th? You recreate "Washington Crossing the Delaware" of course!

Thanks to our friends at Douglas County Historical Society MN, we recreated the famous 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze. It depicts the surprise campaign by George Washington to attack Hessian forces garrisoned in Trenton, NJ. The crossing of the Delaware River was the first move.

For our recreation we used Uncas, a 1930 Chris-Craft, but Washington and his men used Durham boats. They were double-ended freight boats, 60 feet long, six feet wide, and three feet deep.

We open for the season on May 22! Come and visit us at 205 3rd Ave W, Alexandria, MN.

Address

205 3rd Avenue W
Alexandria, MN
56308

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+13207591114

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