Norman County Historical and Genealogy Society

Norman County Historical and Genealogy Society The Norman County Historical Society has been preserving history since 1947. It also contains a museum whose exhibits change every other year.

Its goal is to preserve, educate and entertain with a collection that has now reached over 20,000 artifacts/ Remember,
HISTORY MATTERS The Prairie Village in Ada is made up of 12 buildings that are historic in nature, and help to tell the story of Norman County in a very tactile way.

Women with tools! Powerful! Thanks Colleen and Caroline. The project has started!
05/27/2026

Women with tools! Powerful! Thanks Colleen and Caroline. The project has started!

05/27/2026

Today’s presentation is by Connie Hannason. “World War II Wife’s Perspective. Enjoy!

05/20/2026

To days C & C will share information about Norman County’s Century Farms.

05/13/2026
05/13/2026

C&C is hosting Bjon Solberg sharing stories about his Farm to Table business in Hendrum

These are pictures from today’s opening of the summer season at the museum. The first picture is of the 4 Colleen’s ( or...
05/07/2026

These are pictures from today’s opening of the summer season at the museum. The first picture is of the 4 Colleen’s ( or Coleen 😊). It’s rare to have one Colleen and today we had 4. The second picture feature our fabulous cooks. Thanks Mike, Pete & Fred. Picture 3 is Kari & husband Ron (not in picture) from Waukon Dairy who provided ice cream treats today. Yummy! The last picture ,if you look closely is of all the cars in our newly Visser graded parking lot and on the fair grounds. What a great crowd today. Also big thanks to Fredrickson Ganje Funeral home and the Norsk for their donations of food, and the hard working volunteers that always show up when we need them.

05/06/2026

See a quick tour of our new addition

05/06/2026

Welcome to the first Coffee & Conversation for the season. Today we are also hosting a free lunch from 11am to 1 pm and tour of our new climate controlled storage building from 11 am to 5 pm.

One volunteer that just keeps on giving is David Thomerdahl. He has made numerous trips for shelving, picked up donation...
05/03/2026

One volunteer that just keeps on giving is David Thomerdahl. He has made numerous trips for shelving, picked up donations too big to carry and leveled our parking lot after construction. David is just one of many who share their talents at the museum! Thanks David. To see what he has helped us accomplish- join us for our open house Wednesday from 11 am to 5 pm.

Thank you American Federal for your Jeans for a Cause donation. We are so amazed at the support we are getting from busi...
04/29/2026

Thank you American Federal for your Jeans for a Cause donation. We are so amazed at the support we are getting from business's in Norman County!

Address

701 W. Thorpe Avenue
Ada, MN
56510

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+12187846904

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