Our Mission
Welcome to the Martin County Historical Society! Our Mission is to preserve and share the history of Martin County by acquiring, conserving, appropriately displaying, and making it accessible for viewing, research, and educational purposes. We hope you enjoy the many features of our site; please contact us if you have any questions or requests. Thank you for taking the time to enjoy Martin County’s History!
Local students tour the Martin County Historical Society in this fun promotional video showing off the museum!
St. Paul's Catholic School becomes the Pioneer Museum and St. Paul's Parsonage becomes the Pioneer Parsonage!
Martin County Historical Society
304 East Blue Earth Avenue
Fairmont, MN 56031
Hours: Open Year Round,
Monday through Friday;
8:30am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:30pm
Phone: 507-235-5178
Email: mchsfairmont@gmail.com
The latest News from the Martin County Historical Society
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On this the latest episode of Martin County Historical Society/Out of the Past MCHS Director Lenny Tvedten & Curator James Marushin share some recent artifacts that have been donated to the Pioneer Museum. Then Lenny interviews Author Patick M. Garry
The Luedtke Slough controversy PowerPoint presentation depicting the controversy was shown with Dan Kehrberg being present narrating and answering questions.
Fairmont 1st Grade: "Had this group of young historians in for an awesome tour of the Martin County Historical Society!"
St. John Vianney 5th Grade: "We had a wonderful time showing the 5th graders from St. John Vianney around the museum!"
Truman 4th Grade: "Had a great time helping the 4th Graders from Truman learn about Martin County history!"
Cub Scout Pack 57 Fairmont toured the MCHC Pioneer Museum! The kids had lot of questions,, we enjoyed sharing with them the history of Martin County!
Martin County West 6th Grade: "What an outstanding tour with Martin County West's 6th grade students, thanks for coming!" **
"Really enjoyed this wonderful group that came down to watch our Churches of Martin County powerpoint - thanks for coming all!"
