Boy Scouts Visit Museum
stevejb68 on May 7, 2012 in Activity, collections, Memorabilia, Nostalgia No Comments »
The Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 took their May 7 meeting night to have a field trip. They gathered at the Melrose Area Historical Museum for a tour of the facility which worked into their monthly theme of Historical Places. One of the museum curators, Roger Paschke, lead the Boy Scouts through the rooms while explaining several of the more interesting of the exhibits. The Scouts learned a little about the founders of Melrose, Minnesota. Mr. Paschke stopped the troop at the Charles Lindberg display for a short explanation of his famous plane trip and his links to Melrose. The boys enjoyed the “war room”, but quickly passed by the religious displays in the “chapel” for some reason. Other popular areas of the museum included the prohibition (moonshine and stills) area, the old printing press, the railroad displays, and the case with the old Scouting memorabilia. The troop plans to go back to the museum later this month for a scavenger hunt.
Here are a few pictures from the field trip.
The Boy Scouts learn about the ties Charles Lindberg had to Melrose, Minnesota.
This is part of the Scouting display found at the museum.
The group photo was taken in front of some of the old farming machinery found in the museum.
