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Heritage Building

The Heritage Building was built in 1916. The building was used for poultry exhibits until the new poultry building was built around 1980 give or take a year. It was then used for open class arts and crafts exhibits before being boarded up in the 1980’s. It was used as a storage building until 2002 when a group got together to restore the building back to its original condition. The building began it’s transformation in 2002 and was open for the 2003 fair. There are daily demonstrations in the building during the fair from spinning to lefsa making.

Building Hours:

Tuesday - Noon - 9:00 pm
Wednesday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thursday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday - Noon - 5:00 pm

Doug Ohman Programs

Doug a speaker, historian, author, and an entertaining storyteller. Join us in the Heritage Building for one (or all) his programs.

Tuesday, July 30th
3:00pm - Churches of Minnesota
5:00pm - Libraries of Minnesota
7:00pm - Saluting the Civil War (Minnesota's Roles)

Wednesday, July 31st
3:00pm - Name that Town
5:00pm - Memories of the Brave (Medal of Honor)
7:00pm - Saving History

Thursday, August 1st
3:00pm - They Chose Minnesota, Part 1
5:00pm - They Chose Minnesota, Part 2
7:00pm - Minnesota Collections, based on recent PBS program.

Friends In Harmony

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Friends in Harmony will be hitting the stage inside the Heritage Building on Friday, August 2nd starting at 1pm!

Bee Extractions

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Join us Saturday, August 3rd and Sunday, August 4th at 1pm for bee extractions.

Be sure to make a stop at the building throughout the week to see the full schedule of demonstrations and presentations.

We are looking for people that would like to demonstrate or do a presentation on different crafts, arts or a way of life at the fair. We have a presentation area all ready!!

Presentations or demonstrations could include making butter, brewing beer, whittling wood/wood carving, blacksmithing, shearing sheep, quilting and weaving. We are seeking people or groups that would be willing to put on demonstrations that would last an hour or two, a couple of times a day or throughout the week of the fair.

If you are interested, please contact the fair office.