Exhibits & Events
Watch for more coming soon!
Saturday, 10am, Sept. 5, 2026
Shari Carlsted is featured Red Rooster Speaker
Hear Dassel native and current University of Phoenix adjunct professor Shari Carlsted talk about what she's done since leaving Dassel, including traveling the world before settling in Tempe, Arizona, and centering her career on special education.
Shari is an avid runner and frequently participates in the Red Rooster 5K.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments served.
10am-2pm, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026
Bring your dinner to the History Center
Pick up your meal at the largest barbeque chicken feed in the state, then bring it to the History Center and enjoy it in air-conditioned comfort among the company of old and new friends.
Complimentary coffee and cookies served.
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A Story Written in the Land
In 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed, 99.9 percent of Minnesota's human population was Indigenous.
The "Indigenous to Explorers" exhibit on the second floor includes artifacts and more honoring the area's culture and landscape prior to contact with Europeans in 1650.​
Benjamin Franklin was the U.S.'s first postmaster. Who held that title in Dassel?
You'll find that and much more out when you visit the post office exhibit on the first floor of the museum.
Make sure to have your picture taken in the restored window of the 1896 post office.
From Dassel to Hollywood
The story of Dassel's own Munchkin, Hildred Olson, and her role in the Wizard of Oz movie.
New Exhibit Showcases 100 Years of Dassel Newspapers
See the history of Dassel newspapers, news that was fit to print, ads, how newspapers are reused and archived, plus much more in this exhibit on the first floor of the musem.
A Series of Exhibits and Events Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
The Art of Earl Doering
View the original and beautiful paintings, wood carvings and stained glass work by local multi-media artist Earl Doering throughout the lobby of the Dassel History Center.