Monday, May 2, 2011

Free Admission to mothers on Mother's Day at Hjemkomst Center

Moorhead, Minn., – The Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County at the Hjemkomst Center museum will be giving free admission to mothers on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8. Regular admission rates are adults ($7), seniors and college students ($6), youth, 5 – 17 ($5) and children, 4 and under (free). Museum hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Sunday, noon – 5 p.m.

We have a wide-range of exhibits currently on display: Norwegian Footprints, photographs by Norwegian photographer Jan Johannessen and text by Norwegian journalist Espen Hansen, displays large color images of contemporary Norwegian-Americans and vivid scenery around western North Dakota and reminds us of the men and women who came from Norway to help build our country. The exhibit is on display through June 27, 2011.

The BIG Art Show presented by the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists, on display through June 8, 2011, is a wide variety of art from regional artists.

Coming to Clay County: 150 Years of Immigration, Georgetown: Transportation Crossroads, and My Journey, My Story, our three in-house exhibits, are on display in Heritage Hall through winter 2011