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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!
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Online GivingGiveMN.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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Centennial Event a Success!Despite the gloomy skies, the Museum's Centennial event April 24-25 was a success. Nearly 200 people visited the museum and had an opportunity to practice knot-tying, help make a Cub Scout and Boy Scout parade puppet (parade cancelled due to weather, but some marching around inside did occur), try a "Chocolada", a s'more with attitude, and view a new exhibit celebrating the Centennial of Boy Scouting in the United States and our region. On Sunday, the museum announced the creation of the Davis and Randall Founders Hall, a new exhibit in the museum's undeveloped meeting room, honoring Boy Scout and Girl Scout volunteers and professionals who have made a significant contribution to Scouting in our region. Lorrain Davis, widow of Bob Davis, and Nancy Randall Dana, third generation member of the Randall family, were on hand to see the artist's conception of what the space will look like. We were also fortunate to have as our special guests Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (ably brought to life by Dr. Hal Yocum of Edmond, Oklahoma) and BSA's two-millionth Eagle Scout, Anthony Thomas of Lakeville, Minnesota. |
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Adult Reading Group at the MuseumAs if we all don't have enough to do! The museum plans on offering an adult reading group, beginning this summer with the book, Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. In a review of this book, Thomas Berry, author of The Dream of the Earth, said, "The simplest, most profound, and most helpful of any book I have read on the personal and historical situation of our children, and ourselves, as we move into the twenty-first century." Right now, we'd like to know what your interests might be. If you are interested in participating in a book discussion group that tackles the topics of childhood, the environment, and the values and significance of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, we are interested in you. Contact Claudia (651-748-2880 or cnicholson@nssm.org) at the museum with your interest and suggestions for further readings. |
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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 05/08/2010
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