Museum Gift Shop
Visit our museum gift shop during open hours for a wide selection of Danish and Viborg collectibles.
* Inspirational books by Joy Ibsen
* Danish jewelry
* Danish Blue Christmas plates
* Danish Blue Mother's Day plates
* Viborg Centennial plates
* Museum T-shirts
* Viborg postcards
* Friends of Viborg" medallions (2006-2019)
* Viborg 125th anniversary Danish-American cookbook
* Viborg 125th anniversary glass apothecary jars
ONLINE ARCHIVES
The office archives and the online archives consists of family history files of people who have lived in and around the Viborg area over the past nearly 150 years. We also have digital files of Viborg High School Yearbooks, the 2001 VHS Alumni Album, and some Hurley High School yearbooks. We recently added 1932-37 Viborg Baseball Scoresheets (courtesy Eric Nelson).
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR JUNE 5TH. The museum will hosting a Danish Constitution Day Celebration. Joining in the day's events will be the Viborg DBS, celebrating their 125th anniversary and the Our Savior's Lutheran Church Bible School demonstrating Danish Dancing.
Bringing back traditions from "Sommerfests" from the past will be speeches by local dignitaries, adult Danish Folk Dancing and Danish Folk Music by Kristian and Friends! Watch for more info to be coming!
April Hours - 9 am - 2 pm every Thursday and Friday plus the 1st and 3rd Saturday and the 2nd and 4th Wednesday. By appointment: Call office at 605 766-1312 (leave message) or contact Board Member Brenda Jensen 605 661-8128 or Bob Christensen 605 744-9652.
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About the Museum Library
The Museum Library has many submitted family histories and family photo albums for research, but not online. Other resources available include complete sets of Viborg Enterprise newspapers from 1958 - current editions, centennial books (Centerville, Chancellor, Davis, Hurley, Marion (including Monroe and Dolton), Irene, Parker, Viborg, and Wakonda), Turner County atlases beginning in 1897, Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union, and Yankton county farm and home directories, most Viborg High School yearbooks from 1916 - present, Turner County Pioneer History by W. H. Stoddard (published in 1931) and other county resource books.
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