Lyon County Museum Marshall, MN

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.

05/28/2026

📷 THROWBACK THURSDAY! The News-Messenger of Lyon County printing shop in Marshall in 1919. Caption on the back reads: x = Margaret Green, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Green, American Sunday School Missionary serving 5 counties, including Lyon. Contributed by Mrs. H. V. Adair, Willmar, MN.

05/27/2026

Thank you to Canby, Marshall, and Minneota for bringing students to visit the Lyon County Museum in May! We enjoy sharing Lyon County history with them and seeing their excited faces! Have a great summer!
* Photographs shared with us by teachers

05/26/2026

05/22/2026

05/21/2026

📷 THROWBACK THURSDAY! Class of 1946 senior photograph, most likely Marshall High School. Photograph taken by Keith's Studio of Marshall. Help us identify the senior. We do not have the 1946 Marshall school yearbook or a senior class photograph from that year.

05/18/2026

The Arts and Living History Festival is Saturday, September 26 at Memorial Park in Marshall from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. We are looking for art vendors and history reenactors. Registration is only through the Lyon County Museum and Visit Marshall. This is the official registration link to sign up. https://forms.gle/EV2h1X65anegwGzb7
For more information, contact the Lyon County Museum at 507-537-6580 or Visit Marshall at 507-537-1865