Museum Collections
ORIGINAL BUILDING - Main Floor
ART GALLERY
A display of Viborg-area artists includes oil paintings, wood carvings, photography, water colors, pottery, porcelain painting, ceramics, metal sculptures and intricate and beautiful sewing skills items.
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Extensive displays of heirlooms, vintage articles, photographs, documents, and other items in display cases purchased by area families of the region for their personal collections.
FAMILY DISPLAY ROOM
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SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
Displays featuring promotional items and photographs related to the villages & communities surrounding Viborg - Hooker, Center Point, Freya, Spring Valley, and Swan Lake.
A donated assortment of over 100 Kodak cameras representing each decade of the 20th century.
KODAK CAMERA COLLECTION
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Charles Dickens-style lighted London Christmas village (over 100 pieces), gold-trimmed Christmas hymn plates, manger sets, and traditional & Danish decorated trees adorn the Christmas room. Lighted stars line the ceiling, adding a soft glow to the room.
CHRISTMAS ROOM
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Art Deco stained glass windows; pulpits, chairs & other altar items; theater seats & pew; vintage pump organ, spinet piano & music cabinet; photos, hymn books, Danish Bibles and church directories highlight the chapel furnishings. A Danish ship replica reflects the Scandinavian tradition of a Viking vessel suspended from the ceiling of churches and historic Catholic cathedrals.
CHAPEL OF RELIGIOUS ARTIFACTS
TOOTS' TREASURE TROVE
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A room filled with many vintage and newer display cabinets containing: porcelain & glass plates, bowls, & other tableware, china, & setting pieces, knick-knacks, silver service pieces, vases, and hand-painted articles... all donated by our major patron, Alphie "Toots" (Larson) Peterson.
Vintage table, Danish cookbooks, cupboard, cook stove, icebox, dishes, appliances, pots & pans, crocks, coffee grinders, and more.
PIONEER KITCHEN
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ORIGINAL BUILDING - Lower Level
"MEMORY LANE" MURAL
A 2-wall mural painted by the late local artist Greg Preheim tracing the rural historical landscape of the Viborg area from the time of sod huts and horse-drawn implements to the era of modern farm machinery.
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TRIBUTE TO J. MERLE PETERSON
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One of our major benefactors who did not live to see the museum become a reality is honored with items, documents, awards, and photographs from his long career as a salesman, business owner & operator, town developer, rural mail carrier, volunteer fire department chief, city councilman, mayor, and church leader.
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Many old household & farm tools & implements; printing equipment (press, newspaper folder, & linotype); Daneville/Swan Lake City blacksmith table & tools; clothes washing machines, mangle, old irons & ironing boards; cream separators.
TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS DISPLAY
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND DISPLAYS
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Two pin-ball machines (one from the historic Spot Café) and a jukebox from The Sticks at Pearson Corner (12th & Plum); LP collection that includes 100’s of classical, operatic, & jazz recordings originally part of the collection of South Dakota Public Broadcasting; saddles, collars, rodeo photos & other equine-related items; South Dakota State Pork Show of Viborg memorabilia; Lund Theatre equipment; railroad items and much more.