Dakota County Historical Society

05/29/2026

Plan your visit to the Sibley Historic Site accordingly.

On Saturday, May 30th, the site will close early due to a private event. Tours are available in the morning, but there will be no 2:30 p.m. or 4 p.m. tours.

Due to a private event on Saturday, May 30th, we will close the Sibley Site at 2 p.m.

We will be open in the morning, but will not have the 2:30 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. tours.

05/27/2026

The Lawshe Memorial Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 30 (you can visit the staff at the Sibley Historic Site!) and on Saturday, June 6 (visit us at WestFest instead!)

05/23/2026

We love your kids (and hope they'll come and play in the exhibits!) but the Lawshe Museum is updating our policies and requires that all minors to be accompanied an adult, for both their safety and ours!

[These Eagan cuties from 1977 are perfectly innocent, we suspect!]

05/22/2026

Both the LeDuc Historic Estate and the Sibley Historic Site are now officially open for the tour season! Walk-ins are welcome, or you can pre-register for a tour and secure your spot (up until 3pm the day before a tour) at www.dakotahistory.org!

https://dakotahistory.org/sibley-historic-site -for-a-sibley-site-tour

https://dakotahistory.org/leduc-historic-estate -for-a-leduc-tour

05/21/2026

Congratulations to Dakota County's own Maggie Flaherty (Lakeville) for being the first (and only!) PWHL player to hoist all 3 Walter Cups, with the Minnesota Frost in 2024 and 2025 and the Montréal Victoire in 2026 (last night!)

[Photo courtesy the PWHL]

05/20/2026

Join us Memorial Day Weekend for the opening of the Sibley tour season!

Walk-ins are welcome, or you can pre-regiters up until 3pm the day prior to secure your spot on a tour at https://dakotahistory.org/sibley-historic-site -for-a-sibley-site-tour

05/16/2026

We had an early queue, but there's still lots of lovely prints and books!

Longtime friend of DCHS and author Corinne Marz will be selling her personal stash of research materials and books (along with antiques, cards, magnets, prints and other items) at the Lawshe Memorial Museum on Saturday, May 16, from 10am-2pm.

It’s a great time to swing by, see the museum, and pick up items for your own libraries and research projects into the history of Dakota County and Minnesota as a whole!

05/16/2026

Walk-ins welcome, or you can pre-register up til 3pm the day before a tour at https://dakotahistory.org/leduc-historic-estate -for-a-leduc-tour

Sibley opens next weekend and pre-registrations are also open! https://dakotahistory.org/sibley-historic-site -for-a-sibley-site-tour

We are officially OPEN for tours! Come visit us Thursday-Sunday all summer!