This Thursday, April 22 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. NHS will open its newest exhibit, “Celebrating our Past, Building our Future.”  The exhibit explores the 100 year history of Northfield’s Carnegie Library Building.  The exhibit however, does not start in 1910.  It goes all the way back to the first reading room in Northfield Lyceum Society in 1856.  The exhibit then follows the Library to the reading room in the YMCA and chronicles the work of Hiram Scriver, George Huntington and others to acquire the Carnegie building.  The exhibit then tells the history of the building from the April 25, 1910 dedication to today!  The event is free and open to the public.  For more information please contact NHS at 507-645-9268 or email us.

This project was funded in part or in whole with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage; from a SELCO/SELS Legacy Grant.

Last night at Froggy Bottoms River Pub, NHS hosted a Ole and Lena Joke night.  Here are some photos, and a tweeted video.  Keep an eye out for a Ole and Lena Joke Night DVD!

Thank you to Kathy Ness for the photos!

After you file you taxes on April 15, stop by Froggy Bottoms River Pub for a Ole and Lena uncensored joke night from 7-9 p.m. featuring Brad Ness and Marion Hvistendahl.  There will be a free will donation that will go to support the Northfield Historical Society.  Stop on down for a laugh or two.