Kid's Activity Day

March 18th Awesome Autos Create a colorful shape car.

April 15th Earth Day Design your own planet earth!

Siouxland Heritage Museums Board
March 4th and April 1st at 11:30 a.m.
Siouxland Heritage Museums Alliance Board
March 11th and April 8th at 5:30 p.m.
Sioux Valley Genealogical Society
March 4th and April 1st at 7 p.m.
Minnehaha County Historical Society
March 18th and April 15th at 7 p.m.

An Evening of Traditional Irish Music St. Patrick’s Day 
Irish music returns to the Old Courthouse Museum on Wednesday, March 17th from 5-7:30 p.m.  This year the Traditional Irish Music night is free with food and drinks available for sale.  The music will begin at 5 p.m. with Dakota District Pipes and Drums followed by a performance by the Sioux Falls Ceili Band and dance demonstration.  Sponsored by A Taste of Country Catering, Dakota Beverage Co., Inc., and the South Dakota Arts Council.

Archival Preservation Program March 25th
Do you have important documents you would like to preserve?  If so, the Old Courthouse Museum will host an Archival Preservation Program on Thursday, March 25th at 6:30 p.m.  The program will focus on the proper storage techniques and handling procedures to use when dealing with paper documents.  The program is limited to 15 people, call 367-4210 to register.

Show Us What Matters to You in the Upcoming Meaningful Places Exhibit!
Do you like to take photographs or tell stories? One of the new projects the Museums are doing is the upcoming Meaningful Places exhibit. We are asking people to take pictures and share stories of places in or around Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County that are or have been important in their lives. We believe history is in the eye of the beholder. Some people may see only an old building or an empty field, while others may look and remember a favorite candy store, their first job, or that picnic spot where they used to take their sweetheart. Tell us why your place is memorable and why the story should be preserved.

Photos can be in color or black and white. Videos should be between 2 and 5 minutes long. The text about your photo or your video should be submitted at the same time. All of the details and entry forms will be posted on our website www.siouxlandmuseums.com in early March.

SD Child Identification Program April 17th
A South Dakota Child Identification Program will be held on Saturday, April 17th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Courthouse Museum.  The free community event is an opportunity for parents to acquire a kit for their child including: fingerprints, dental imprint, DNA, photo, and video to use for identification purposes. Sponsored by the Grand Lodge of South Dakota Ancient Free & Accepted Masons and Minnehaha Lodge #5.

CHIP Brochure
SD CHIP Child Information Sheet
SD CHIP Parental Consent

Author Brings The Long Way Home to Old Courthouse Museum April 27th
Of the 2.5 million soldiers who fought with U.S. in France and Belgium in World War  I, nearly one out of every five men were immigrants. In The Long Way Home, David Laskin, author of the prize-winning history The Children’s Blizzard, tells the stories of twelve of these immigrant heroes. Laskin unfolds the saga of their journeys to Ellis Island, their struggles to start over in the land of opportunity, and the ordeal of their return to Europe in uniform to fight—and win—a war that had already killed tens of millions.