The classes are held via Zoom. The first class, hosted by the Legacy of the Lakes Museum, explores the origins of ice sports from curling to skating. The second class focuses on snow sports.
The Douglas County Historical Society, the Runestone Museum and the Legacy of the Lakes Museum are working with Community Education to present History at Home, which will run through the end of March.
A two-story miniature house at the Runestone Museum provides a glimpse of the past. From a symbol of wealth, a tool for housekeeping, to the popular child's toy we know today.
Curled on a rug at the foot of a vintage stove in the homestead exhibit at the Runestone Museum in Alexandria is a brown and white fox terrier; His name is Spotty, and he is stuffed with a story.
On Oct. 16, professional stone carver and author Janey Westin of Edina demonstrated her carving ability at the Runestone Museum, followed by a presentation on her 2012 book that dives into the possibility of Nordic presence in America hundreds of years before Columbus.
