Proctor Area Historical Society

07/17/2026

07/17/2026

Save the Date! Friday, August 14th (Hoghead Weekend)
Ninja Anywhere is coming to Proctor on Friday, August 14, from 4–8 p.m. in the Proctor Museum parking lot. This free event is a great way to kick off Hoghead weekend. Parents or guardians will need to sign a release onsite for participating children. While you’re there, be sure to stop inside the museum and check out the model train. After the Ninja Anywhere event, stick around for Movie in the Park on the golf course, hosted by the Proctor Police Department.

06/07/2026

The Proctor Museum hours are:

Wednesday 10:00-4:00
Friday 10:00-4:00
Sunday 1:00-4:00

Hope you can find the time to visit us this summer!

05/28/2026

The Proctor Museum is now open for the summer. In addition to our schoolroom, we are proud to announce three new displays! Hope you will find some time to visit us this summer. Will also have the Model Train running in the basement.

Hours are dependent upon volunteers:
Wednesday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Sunday 1:00PM-4:00 PM

03/20/2026

Were you there?! ❄️😇

Thanks to The Lift for highlighting one of Proctor's most angelic feats on today's show!! Check out how Proctor once held the world record for most snow angels made simultaneously: https://www.wdio.com/lift-online/thats-old-news-snow-angel-world-record/

01/09/2026

This was a typical workday at the Proctor Museum 14 years ago today on January 8, 2012. Bob Swanstrom from Hermantown Historical Society and Bob Berg from Duluth Preservation Alliance helped us!
Since 2010 over $455,000 has been donated to PAHS. This paid for the move, remodel, update, and the continuing operation of the Proctor Museum. PAHS has been debt-free since June 2022. In addition, over 100 people have volunteered over 100 hours each of their time or services since 2010 to the Proctor Museum. Many have donated over 1000 hours total since 2010!

12/12/2025

The Proctor Area Historical Society (PAHS) was founded in 1994 to collect, preserve, and share the history of the Proctor area. Today, the volunteer-run organization maintains an extensive historical archive and operates the historic Proctor Museum. Since 2010 nearly $450,000 has been donated to PAHS. There are 355 different entries from: Individuals, Families, Businesses, Fundraisers, and Grants who made the Proctor Museum a reality. Right now, we need NEW volunteers and NEW officers. Both the Proctor Museum and Hoghead need your help. Please call Jim at: 218-349-8445.

12/11/2025

The museum hopes to work with both the police chief and fire chief to create displays for the museum! If everything works out the volunteer staff of the Proctor Museum hopes Proctor students will be able to have class visits by early May. The displays will be available for everyone to see all summer. Over the years Proctor’s has had so many GREAT people working in public safety and look forward to seeing what they could be sharing with the community! Admission to the museum is FREE but donations are always welcome.

12/10/2025

Former House of Representatives Member Jim Oberstar paid us a visit on March 28, 2012. He liked the project and asked what CN had given. We said no direct donation although we had submitted a request. Representative Oberstar said we should re-submit and shortly after that CN sent us a check for $25,000. This picture was taken with Kendall (Thudin) Johnson, who entered a nationwide modeling contest and selected us as the charity she would give the entire $7,500 award in her father’s name. Her bio is a very heartwarming story of a daughter’s love for her father. Although she did not win Kendall, along with her three sisters and their families, raised more than $10,000 through fundraisers and volunteering their time. ONLY four individuals/families donated over $10,000 to the project.

12/09/2025

These pictures were taken in August 2011, at a presentation in Proctor City Hall honored former Congressman Jim Oberstar for his longtime service to Proctor and the 8th Congressional District. Before leaving office in January 2011 former Congressman Oberstar secured 80% of the funds for the $6 million Kirkus Street Project. In his speech Oberstar said it took more than 10 years to secure funding for the much-needed project. Proctor had been trying to get funding for Kirkus Street since the mid-1970s. Construction of Kirkus Street was delayed more than 40 years because the city couldn't afford it. At the presentation city administrator Jim Rohweder said, "It's a fantastic project that we're really excited about. Proctor doesn’t have a lot of space left to develop. Kirkus opens up a whole new area for housing and business." In addition to thanking Oberstar for the Kirkus Street funding, community members thanked the former congressman for his 36 years of service to northeastern Minnesota.