Kinney Pioneer Museum and Historical Society of North Iowa

01/18/2018

NOTICE:
The Annual meeting of Pioneer Museum and Historical Society of North Iowa will be held at 6:30 P.M., Wednesday, January 24, 2018, in the Club Room of HyVee West. All members of the Museum are welcome.

11/15/2017

10/02/2017

SEEEEE! I told you it would be a fun day at the museum! Freshly pressed apple cider, delicious yummy sugary donuts holes, great music by "The Over the Hill Brass Band", And we had a great crowd, in spite of the gloomy, rain showers off and on all afternoon. Aren't you sorry, now, that you missed it? Please, aside from my bit of scolding, plan to come out and visit Kinney Pioneer Museum in 2018. The museum opens for the 2018 season on May 1, and the first Sunday in May will be our Pork Bar-B-Que. In June, will be Vintage Car Day, July will be the Olde Fashion Ice Cream Social, August is Kids Day, and late September it will be time, again, for that Fresh Apple Cider and Homemade Donuts. I will be posting the dates soon. Also, since 2018 will be the 50th Anniversary of Kinney Pioneer Museum, we are Pursuing some ideas about another special day to celebrate that anniversary. So mark your calendars and come on out, ya hear!

09/25/2017

It is Sunday, October 1, DON'T Forget! Freshly pressed apple cider and fresh, warm donut holes drenched in sugar and cinnamon, and the music of the "Over the Hill Brass Band" all in the museum. 1-5 P.M., Adults $3, children under 12 $1, at the entrance to the Mason City Airport. Old time skills, demonstrations, and a good time for all. And it is closing day for the 2017 season for Kinney Pioneer Museum. Ya'll come now ya hear!

08/15/2017

As summer slips away, kids go back to, or begin school in late August or early September, sometimes a pleasant outing, a cup of fresh, warm apple cider, and a fresh, sweet, warm donut hole and some good music is hard to let slip by. On Sunday October 1, Pioneer Museum offers that very thing! We press fresh apple cider in a 150 year old press, and make delicious donut holes smothered with sugar and cinnamon, in the museum. This year we have arranged for some special entertainment to go with the treats. The "Over the Hill Brass Band" will be on hand to share their music with everyone. An apple inspired bake sale will be on site so you can take an apple treat home with you. Demonstrations of many skills from long ago will also be available in the museum. See broom making, black smithing, bob for apples, making apple butter at the log cabin, weaving on the loom, just to mention a few. This is an event you won't want to miss, as this will be our closing day for the 2017 season.

08/07/2017

What a great Kids Day at the museum! Lots of kids, lots of adults, lots of fun things to do and see. And the weather was very cooperative, cloudy, but no rain, not too hot, just very pleasant! We thank all of you who visited the museum on Sunday, THANK YOU!

Our next event at the museum is Cider and Donut Day, on October 1, and we have a bit of a problem. Please take notice and if you can help out in any way, to obtain apples, please let us know!

I want to also let everyone know that Pioneer Museum is again participating in selling Younkers Community Day Coupon Books for this Fall's sale, November 8-11, 2017. The book costs $5.00, which all goes directly to the museum,s benefit. If you would be interested, please contact the museum or a member of the Board to purchase. Thank you!

07/29/2017

Kinney Pioneer Museum is open:
May 1 through the Month of September, and through the 1st Sunday in October.
Admissions: Adults............................ $3.00
Children under 12 ........................... $1.00

Annual Memberships:
Family: (2 adults and 2 children under 12) $20.00
Single: (One adult) $10.00

Special Events:
Conestoga Cookout: Price is determined prior to date and
announced in advance of the date.

07/20/2017

Kids Day at Pioneer Museum! See, Levi the Great, Magic Show! Take part in games and activities your parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents might have played,
sack races, beanbag toss, box hockey, write with a quill pen and berry ink, cook your own hot dog over and open fire, make S'mores, and more. See the many demonstrations of pioneer crafts, broom making, weaving, spinning, and a new special, making of corn leaf dolls! And be sure to bring your parents, too! Sunday, August 6, 1-5 PM. Come and have a fun day at Kinney Pioneer Museum! Ya'll come now, ya hear!

07/10/2017

A beautiful, warm, summer day, lots of visitors, good help from the younger visitors in helping to make the DELICIOUS homemade Ice Cream in the museum. The cakes and bars were pretty darn good, too! Many, many people from near and far (England for one), and amazing, again, it was surprising how many people said they had never been to the museum and how much they enjoyed the many things to see, and of course, how good that homemade ice cream and cake were. This little cutie, was, along with several other youngsters, a great help in freezing one of the batches of ice cream in an old hand crank freezer.

06/26/2017

What better thing to do on a warm, summer, Sunday afternoon, than have some homemade ice cream and cake, with some friends at Kinney Pioneer Museum? Sunday, July 9, 2017, 1:00 P.M to 4:00 P.M. Kids can help, cranking the old fashion freezer. Then have some of that delicious homemade ice cream and cake. See the many beautiful changes in the museum, and check out the many demonstrations, Broom making, weaving, the radio station, wow! see the dolls! Mark your calendars, Ya'll come now, ya hear!

06/02/2017

Please look for a beautiful sunny day for June 4, to come out to see the beautiful vintage cars of the North Iowa Vintage Car Club, as well as any others who wish to show off their vintage automobiles. Sunday, June 4, 2016, Noon until 5:00 P.M. at the entrance to Mason City Municipal Airport. No car hops, but food like the drive-ins of the 1950's, hotdogs, brats, potato salad, rootbeer floats, dessert bars, all available for sale at the museum. Admission: Adults $3.00, children under 12, $1.00. Be sure to look around the Museum and see all of the many changes since last season. You will be amazed!
What a great place to visit on a lovely late spring/early summer afternoon. Broom making, Loom weaving, yarn spinners, and blacksmithing will be demonstrating these old time skills! Ya'll come now, ya hear!

05/01/2017

Are you ready?
All you can eat roast pork sandwiches, homemade potato salad, baked beans, homemade desserts, and drinks, Adults $7.00, kids under 12, $3.50, Sunday, May 7, at Pioneer Museum, located at the entrance to Mason City Municipal Airport, on Iowa 122, serving 11:30 - 4:00. You won't want to miss this one! Be sure to look around the museum and see the many changes over the off-season. WOW!, IT looks GREAT, and different!