Minnesota Masonic Charities provides important services and contributes to many charitable causes in the name of Minnesota Masonry.
Minnesota Masonic Home’s mission is to provide compassionate, quality care and services to aging adults.
The lush, 83-acre campus in Bloomington, Minnesota is centrally located, easy to access, and offers everything you need for your special event.
Providing compassionate and effective identification, treatment and support for childhood communication disorders.
Recently, Theresa Norman, our Museum Curator, came across an unusual find as she was cataloguing items that have been donated or gifted to the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center over the years. It was a fob—an ornament attached to a watch
While museums may seem like fixed collections of artifacts, a lot goes on behind the scenes that patrons never see. At the Colonel James B. Ladd Museum and Charles Nelson Library, one ongoing task is making a thorough inventory of
Because museums both display and collect items, the task of keeping track of inventory can be an ongoing challenge. When it comes to inventorying the extensive merged collections of artifacts assembled for the Col. James B. Ladd Museum and Charles W.
Cataloguing and preservation are two common tasks integral to museum life. As new items are collected or donated, museums make records of the items and provide for their safe storage or display. This fall, an intern from the University of
During President Harry S. Truman’s administration, the White House underwent an extensive renovation. The picture above, from the Harry S. Truman Library, shows the south façade on May 10, 1950. Fortunately, while touring part of the demolition site one day, President
In addition to showcasing Masonic history, the Col. James B. Ladd Museum and Charles W. Nelson Library is a place where staff work to preserve important relics from the past. As our curator, Theresa Norman, phrases it, “Museums and historical
A key component of the Heritage Center is the Colonel James B. Ladd Masonic Museum. The Museum, one of few in the country that presents the legacy of Freemasonry, houses thousands of rare and significant artifacts to showcase the history
