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We make history fun! Let the Anoka County Historical Society (ACHS) make your day! ACHS offers a variety of programs tailored to meet any interest level. If you have a half -hour or a whole day, we'll keep you interested and entertained while enlivening history. The following are the programs we currently offer, but we can always develop a new program to meet your needs. HISTORY CENTER MUSEUM Looking for a great way to meet everyone's interests? Come to the Anoka County Historical Society's History Center Museum! There's something for everyone in our exhibit hall —from memorabilia to the military. Our exhibits change frequently and many include interactive components. The exhibit hall is self - guided, so you can take as much or as little time as you'd like. Our facility is handicapped accessible. Museum admission is $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for children ages 6 -17. GROUP WALKING TOURS Take a walking tour through the heart of the county seat —the City of Anoka. Built at the confluence of two great rivers, Anoka has historic homes and businesses lining its wide streets. Your guide will highlight historic photos of the past while you look at the present to see it "then and now." Guided walking tours are $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children ages 6 -17. ACHS can also develop tours for other communities at your request ($15 per hour research fee.) SELF - GUIDED WALKING TOUR The self - guided walking tour is similar to the guided tour, just taken at your own pace. The tour pamphlet provides you with historical background as you stroll through the neighborhoods and parks of Anoka. This tour is ideal for families, as the text is directed at school - age children. There is a small cost for the self - guided walking tour booklet. CEMETERY TOURS Our "Monuments to Life" cemetery tours are an up- close and personal look at Anoka County's ancestors, their incredible stories, and the beautiful artwork found on their memorials. You can choose to visit one county cemetery or a series of cemeteries. Cemetery tours are $7.00 for adults and $3.00 for children ages 6 -17 for each cemetery visited. Tours occur in early October each year, however, special arrangements can be made for groups at anytime. LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS A costumed historian with manners and artifacts appropriate to the time period will present a one -hour living history program. Each program is $90 and mileage must be charged if the program is presented outside Anoka County. The following is a list of programs: A Civil War Christmas The guests of this program hear the music of the season, decorate a tree, taste a Christmas treat, and try out some of the gifts of a Christmas in Anoka County celebrated during the hard years of the Civil War. Campaigning for Lincoln Ms Wendel portrays a fictional lyceum speaker involved in one of Anoka's social organizations called the "Wide Awakes." The "Wide Awakes" were a real nonpartisan, political and social support club in Anoka during the Civil War. Ms. Wendel remains in character during her speech, speaking and thinking as if the year was really 1864 and President Abraham Lincoln was running for reelection. Early Education in Anoka -1870s In this program, Jennie Powell talks about her life as a teacher in the town of Anoka in the 1870s. Teaching in a town school was quite different from a one -room country schoolhouse. Miss Powell shares her daily activities, the 3 R' s, rules and exams, and compares schools of today with the schools of years ago. This program is flexible in its content to meet the needs of any age group. Fashion Trends The political, social, and etiquette issues of dress are discussed in this program. Take a look back at clothing worn in the mid- to late -19` century, from the invention of the sewing ma- chine to the ready -made clothing purchased from the mail order catalog. The presentation includes artifacts from the ACHS hands -on col- lection presented by a fashionably dressed woman of the 1860's. Tastes and Sounds of Minnesota in the Civil War "Tastes and Sounds" takes a hands -on approach to discussing the Civil War. The presentation features artifacts, pictures, music, and a special taste of a soldier's typical fare. The program content is flexible and we can meet the needs of children or adults. Quilts and Their Stories Quilts can do much more than warm your toes on a cold winter night! They can tell stories, paint pictures, and bring back memories. This traveling program brings slides of some very special quilts and their stories of life in Anoka County. Speaker's Bureau We bring community history programs on any Anoka County community or Anoka County history to groups of all ages. These can be tailored for lunch or dinner speeches and can range in length from 20 minutes to one hour. Don't see the program you'd like? We'll create one for you! If you have interest in a special history topic, let us know and we'll de- velop a special program just for your group. Speaker's bureau presentations are $50 per hour plus a $15 per hour research fee.