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The North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting is operated by North Star Scouting Memorabilia, Inc. In the past 33 years our collections have grown to over 150,000 items. The artifacts come from across the world, cover the period from 1908 to the present and include items from Boy Scouting, Girl Scouting and Girl Guides.
Contact us at:
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting
2640 E. Seventh Avenue
North St. Paul, MN 55109
Map and directions to the Museum
Phone: 651-748-2880
Email: cnicholson@nssm.org
Museum Hours:
Tuesday through Friday: 1 PM - 5 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM
Closed Sunday and Monday
Open weekday evenings by appointment
Volunteers are needed to help staff the museum needed during open hours! Would you like to volunteer to help? Read more! We would also like to survey you about your interests in our volunteer program. Please click on the icon below to take the survey.
News from North Star!
Online Giving
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GiveMN.org, a statewide online giving portal launched on November 2, contines to be a transaction fee-free way to support the North Star Museum. 100% of your gift through this online giving portal comes to us to support general operations, annual fund, or our Celebrate the Journey capital campaign. Follow this link to donate. |
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Museum Celebrates Boy Scout CentennialThe North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting will celebrate the Centennial of the Boy Scouts of America at a birthday party open house at the museum, Sunday, February 7, from 3-5 p.m. Birthday cake and punch will be served. There will be hands-on activities for kids, and a few of the museum's historic films of Boy Scout activities from the early 20th century will be shown. The exhibits will all be open. We'd like our guests to be present at 4 p.m. for a group photograph. In keeping with the Boy Scouts' slogan, the museum will "Do a Good Turn" by collecting canned goods for the North St. Paul Foodshelf. Guests should bring canned goods. This event is free and open to the public.
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Spring Merit Badge WorkshopsWe are off to a slow start, but have scheduled the first merit badget workshop for February 20 -- Citizenship in the World. We will update the website as soon as other workshops are confirmed. We have a different registration procedure this year. Volunteer Carol Forrest will be accepting registrations and answering your questions about the workshop and the state registrations. Carol can be reached at 651-437-4104 or by e-mail at csforrest@comcast.net. Click here for workshop information and registration form. Please check back often for additions to our workshops this spring. |
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Daisy and Brownie Girl Scouts -- Petal your way through time to the Museum and Try it!Junior Girl Scout Troop 50937 has organized a program for Daisies and Brownies at the museum on Saturday, April 10, from either 9:00-11:15 a.m. or 1:00-3:15 p.m.. Activities include snacks, songs, campfire, crafts, swaps, and a tour. Cost is $4.00 per Daisy or Brownie Girl Scout. Call the museum for registration information (651-748-2880). |
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Father Tim Vakoc CollectionOn View Indefinitely Father Tim Vakoc, Catholic Priest, Army Chaplain, and Eagle Scout from Robbinsdale, Minnesota, died in June 2009 after having been injured by an IED in Iraq four years previously. His friends and family have made a gift to the museum of some of his Boy Scout memorabilia, as well as his Army field desk, which is now on display. In addition to being an Eagle Scout, Father Tim was in the Order of the Arrow, attended two National Jamborees, serving on the staff, and acted as chaplain at Tomahawk Scout Reservation located on Long Lake, Wisconsin. His Boy Scout material was so important to him that he packed it in a small box and gave it to friends to hold until he returned from his tour in Iraq. While he did not live to take it back, the museum will exhibit some of it indefinitely, in tribute to a life of service. |
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This page revised 01/30/2010
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