The Birth of a Museum

The Birth of the Red Wing Marine Museum

July 27, 2020

Probably few us ever pause to consider that the people who start museums and the buildings that house them often have their own interesting histories. I learned this lesson last October, when I visited the Red Wing Marine Museum with two of the men who created it out of pure passion for a piece of their hometown history.

Download/view the Red Wing Marine Museum (PDF) to read the entire article.

Source: Big River Magazine, January/February 2020

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