Lyon County Museum Marshall, MN

06/18/2026

📷 THROWBACK THURSDAY! Today is International Picnic Day.
Two photographs show Brownie Scouts having a picnic at Camden State Park. The top photograph shows Kathryn Nuese, Barbara Paul, Karen Dahl, Kathy Olson, Linda Stewart, Betty Rust, Denise Mork, Linda Leedom, and Mrs. Heinie Miller are pictured by the campfire.

In the bottom photograph, Pamela Sonstegard, Cheryl Snyder, Mrs. A. H. Satre, Roberta Wiener, Patricia Cooper, Judy Knudsen and Carol Seick are shown making salad for their picnic. September 1957.

06/17/2026

The Lyon County Museum will be closed on Friday, June 19.

06/11/2026

📷 THROWBACK THURSDAY! Group photograph at the home of Henry and Hattie Johnson at 901 N. 4th St. (Sears house) in Marshall. Henry and Hattie immigrated from Sweden to Glendale, IA. From Iowa, they moved to section 20 of Sodus Township in Lyon County in 1900. In 1918, they moved to Marshall. The photograph was donated to the Lyon County Museum by Barbara (Thomas) Breckenridge. Henry and Hattie were her great-grandparents. The photograph was taken around 1920. Henry and Hattie are sitting in the front.

06/10/2026

06/04/2026

📷 THROWBACK THURSDAY! Ghent Girl Scouts at an overnight camp at Camden State Park in June 1957.

06/03/2026

We have new America 250 stickers and coloring book in the Gift Shop. Stop at the Lyon County Museum to purchase commemorative items made this year for the United States 250th Anniversary

05/30/2026

🕰 Genealogy Club at the Lyon County Museum is the 1st Monday of the month at 1:30 PM. Gatherings are open to anyone interested in learning more about family history and visiting with others. We will have programs in August and October on different topics. The presenter for both is Sarah Lockwood.

Sarah Lockwood is a proud Minnesotan, with ancestry from both an adopted family and a birth family. Forensic genealogy has been a personal journey for Sarah. As an adoptee, she used what she learned about forensic DNA matching to find her own birth mother and father! She turned her love of genealogy into a professional business. She began AncestryHelp in 2022, as a small business, to help others discover their family history one ancestor at a time and to help fellow family genealogists strengthen their research skills. Her two favorite projects to work on are writing family narratives and teaching research skills. Sarah has earned certificates in Genealogical Research from Boston University, Investigative Genetic Genealogy from Ramapo College, and has completed a ProGen Study Group.

05/29/2026

We want to thank our speakers who presented at the Lyon County Museum in April and May. We had great speakers and topics!
The programs we had this spring:
Anita Talsma Gaul: "The Road to 1776"
Doug Ohman: "Going to Work: The New Deal in Minnesota"
Janet Timmerman: "Halcyon Days: Leisure at Lake Shetek"
Erin Makela: "Hidden Histories of the American Revolution"
Sarah Peterson: "Dish and Tell: Recipes from the Heart"

Our programs are sponsored by LCHS members and we appreciate their support. Programs and events are posted on our page and website: www.lyoncomuseum.org. Check them often for updates. Doug Ohman will be back on July 29 and we are lining up speakers for this fall. These programs are free will donation and open to the public.