Events

Events

Upcoming Events

The Grand Forks County Historical Society meets on the 4th Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m.  Event dates and times are subject to change, so please check the Events listing periodically for updated event times.

Event Schedule

  • May 15, 2023 – Museum and buildings open for the season
  • Thursday, June 15th at 7:00 p.m. – The Grand Forks City Band in concert
  • Thursday, June 29th at 7:00 p.m. – The Grand Forks City Band in concert
  • Thursday, July 13th at 7:00 p.m. – The Grand Forks City Band in concert
  • Thursday, July 27th at 7:00 p.m. – The Grand Forks City Band in concert 
  • Sunday, August 27th- History Rocks Car Show

Previous Events

• Sunday, April 30th at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History: Jim Mochoruk: “James J. Hill and the Failure of the Canadian Strategy” Watch Now

• March 26th at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History: Nelson Rosit:  “Arthur G. Sorlie the Bridge Builder” Watch Now

• February 26th at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History: Mike Jacobs “The Presidents and North Dakota”

• January 22nd at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History: Jacob Bourboun “Shut out of our Trade and in a State of War: U.S. Army and the Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri.” Watch Now

• Sunday, December 11th at 2:00pm : Entertaining History: Leah Byzewski “Tom Campbell: The Henry Ford of Agriculture” Watch Now

• November 20 at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History: Dr. Gordon Iseminger “When Turkeys at the All-American Turkey Show in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Took Over the Air (waves).” Watch Now

• October 30, 2022 – Half Pint Halloween Haunt  2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

• October 16th at 2:00 p.m. – Grand Forks County Historical Society Guest PresentationDoug Ellison “Theodore Roosevelt in Dakota:  Fact, Fiction, Fallacy” Watch Now

• April 24th at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History Lecture – Wes Rogers “History of our Area through Maps”

• April 3rd at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History – Jacob Bourbon “This Wicked Age: Atlantic Piracy in the Golden Age” Watch Now

• March 20, at 2 p.m. – Entertaining History – Leah Byzewski “Frank & Nancy Viets- Pioneers of the Red River Valley” Watch now

• February 20 at 2 p.m. – Entertaining History: Dr. James Mochoruk “The Children’s Home of Winnipeg and Changes in the ‘Relations of Rescue'” Watch now

• January 16 at 2:00 p.m. – Entertaining History: Dr. Gordon Iseminger “The Grand Forks County Poor Farm.”   Watch now