FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jeff Blanchard
August 29, 2011
(701) 825-6840
PEMBINA – Beginning Friday, September 16, visitor hours will change at the Pembina State Museum, a regional museum of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. At that time, the museum’s winter schedule will take effect.
The museum is currently operating on its summer schedule, which remains in effect through September 15. Summer schedule hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. Winter hours, in place from September 16 through May 15, will be Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Visitors will see the exhibit, Lincoln’s Legacy in North Dakota. Abraham Lincoln’s connections to North Dakota – then northern Dakota Territory – are many, including appointing the Territory’s first two governors; signing the Homestead Act in 1862; the Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862, which led to the establishment of what is now North Dakota State University; and the charter for the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1864. Also available for viewing is the permanent exhibit, Pembina Today. The display highlights current trends in industry, agriculture, and recreation in northeast North Dakota.
Two of the Pembina State Museum’s unique features are a seven-story observation tower that offers visitors a beautiful view of the Red River Valley, and a Travel Information Center that informs and directs tourists to other locations and activities statewide. It also has two galleries. The permanent exhibit gallery features 100 million years of regional history from the Cretaceous Period to contemporary times. The second gallery houses temporary and traveling exhibits highlighting regional and state history.
The Pembina State Museum is located off Exit 215 on I-29 at Pembina, N.D. Admission is free. There is no charge for children ages 12 and under to visit the observation tower. The tower charge for youth ages 13 to 18 is 50 cents, and $2 for adults. It is open year-round, closed only on New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
For more information, call the Pembina State Museum at (701) 825-6840 or visit the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s web site at www.history.nd.gov.
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Address:
612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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Hours:
Exhibit galleries and Museum Store: 8am - 5pm M-F; Sat. & Sun. 10am - 5pm.
State Archives: 8am - 4:30pm., M-F, except legal holidays, and 2nd Sat. of each month, 10am - 4:30 pm.
State Historical Society offices: 8am - 5pm M-F, except legal holidays.
Contact Us:
phone: (701) 328-2666
fax: (701) 328-3710
email: histsoc@nd.gov
