Story Art & Museum

Story Art & Museum Inform, inspire and imagine, bringing stories to life. Story Art & Museum is a vision of Heidi Wick, daughter of Faith and Melvin Wick.

It all started with Fairyland Park in Marble, Minnesota. In 1948, Myrtle Gustafson envisioned an outdoor amusement par of life-sized fairy tale, folktale and historical figures. This pathway through the woods was located near Marble, MN off highway 169. Approximately 10,000 visitors per year visited the park. Faith and Mel operated the park from 1960-1974. When the park closed, Faith continued mak

ing figures on a smaller scale. Some would call them dolls. Faith continued to call them figures. Since 2005, an exhibit of Faith's miniature Fairyland has been available for public viewing at the Judy Garland Museum and Children's Discovery Center in Grand Rapids, MN. In cooperation with the Judy Garland Museum, that exhibit has been donated to Story Art & Museum. This exhibit along with Faith's personal collection is the basis for Story Art's museum exhibits. It is our vision to share local and regional stories and story art in a public forum, create art, and lift up our imagination. We are all related to each other. Gidinawendimin [Gih din uh Wayne dih min]

Excellent feature on Rapid Brass hosts the NEW former Minneapolis Brass Quintet performance in the Herald Review.
08/03/2024

Excellent feature on Rapid Brass hosts the NEW former Minneapolis Brass Quintet performance in the Herald Review.

Rapid Brass will perform on the Tuesday Summer Concert Series at noon on Tuesday, August 6 at Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, MN. This year’s performance will feature three

The gift of love and light. Faith blessed us with her care, creations and imagination.
09/01/2023

The gift of love and light. Faith blessed us with her care, creations and imagination.

Faith Fuller Wick 92 passed away peacefully with her daughter, Heidi, and son-in-law, Don, by her side on August 25, 2023 at Autumn Lane Assisted Living in Cohasset, MN. Faith was the daughter of Lillian Beck and Leland Fuller, sister of Bruce Fuller Marilyn Richard Harmon, wife of Melvin Wick,

09/01/2023

Story Art & Museum is in transition.

We closed our Old Central School location on July 1st due to the combination of funding limitations and insufficient volunteer coordinators.

We have moved to a new location on Hwy 2 in west Grand Rapids and will reopen by appointment.

Message or email us for more information.

Barb Seipp and her sister Nancy stopped in!!! Barb created many of the clothes on the figures and was Faith’s executive ...
06/30/2023

Barb Seipp and her sister Nancy stopped in!!! Barb created many of the clothes on the figures and was Faith’s executive secretary for many years. So good to see you both TODAY!

Story Art & Museum will be closing permanently beginning July 1st. Stop in to see our exhibit today if you’re able. We w...
06/30/2023

Story Art & Museum will be closing permanently beginning July 1st. Stop in to see our exhibit today if you’re able. We will be closed to the public beginning tomorrow.

Thank you to all our supporters and visitors. We are grateful for the opportunities we have had to share stories and music, inspiring imagination.

Our plan is to place the exhibits into storage until we can restart with sufficient funding and personnel.

Our message: Play TODAY!

06/25/2023

80 visitors again today!!! Thank you Don Hustead for welcoming them to the museum.

Lynda Griffith and I played accordions.

One 2 year old lad tried my accordion and was fascinated! I loved his focused attention as he was figuring out how it worked! Taking it all in.

A great day.

We had 80 visitors yesterday!!! Many visitors were attending weddings in the area. They loved to see Central School, our...
06/18/2023

We had 80 visitors yesterday!!!

Many visitors were attending weddings in the area. They loved to see Central School, our exhibit and a few tried the accordion.

06/14/2023

It’s a good day to play indoors due to the smoke from wild fires. Come by Story Art & Museum in Old Central School where the air is cool and clear inside. We have game space and internet access. Coffee or tea, too.

Free.

Support us through a donation.

06/08/2023

Want to get a group together? Consider meeting in our Gathering Room. $25 per hour. Comfortable amenities included.

Inform, inspire and imagine, bringing stories to life.

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1120 NW 4th Street, Ste 1
Grand Rapids, MN
55744

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+12189999391

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