Dakota City Heritage Village

Calendar

Please join us for the following events
we've got planned for Dakota City.
For more information, please contact
us at 651-460-8050 or by email to
education@dakotacity.org.

You're all invited!

Click HERE for Google Map directions

Click HERE for printed directions to Dakota City

School Visit Programs
April - June
Sept - Nov (See our Education Page)

Summer Youth camps
June - July (See our Education Page)

Summer in the Village
June - August     (See our Education Page)

                          Events for 2013


Family and Friends Fun Day
June 14
July 12
August 23

A day for families, friends or individuals to enjoy a visit to the past and spend a

day at Dakota City touring our historic village from the early 1900s. The village will

be open from 10am - 4pm, with tours starting on the hour and the last tour at

2:00pm. Meet a costumed guide in our office to take you on a 90-minute walk

through the village. Do some hands-on activities with the local villagers. Visit the

gift shop for a treat and maybe find a souvenir to take home. Stroll through the

museum and see horse-drawn buggies and farm machinery from the good ol'

days. Bring your own lunch and have a picnic on our village grounds. A ticket is

needed to be in the village. Cost is $5 per person age 3 and up; includes museum

entrance, guided village tour and a treat from the gift shop.

Purchase your ticket in the Dakota City Office located in Ahlberg Hall. For

questions please call our office.

A Day in the Big City
July 20
     Dakota City Villagers will be taking a trip to the big city to ride the electric
     streetcar at Lake Harriet. Come visit and ride with us. Check back later for more
     information.

Dakota County Fair   ( www.dakotacountyfair.org)
August 5th - 11th

Visit us dur

ing the fabulous Dakota County Fair, one of the largest

and

oldest county fairs in the state! Dakota City buildings will be staffed

ith

cos

med hosts interpreting rural 1900-era life in Dakota County.

Enjoy

demonstrations on wood-stove cooking,

blacksmithing, and

many

more. Enjoy bands and performers at the

Bandstand and

Dakota City's

big-top tent all

week long, and

refreshments in the cool

climate of the

Drugstore.

         Our Chautauqua is back -

  Admission is free with your paid admission to the Dakota County Fair.
  The Chautauqua is located in the Dakota City Heritage Village.
                                 (click here for more info)

                                                  also

   A scheduled event with the Dakota County Two Cylinder Club.

Harvest Moon Festival
October 18th & 19th     Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm

Harvest Moon Festival

is two events into one. During the day it is the hands-on

experience. Starting at dusk it is "Not-to

-Spooky " hayride

....

(

more in

)

Admission

$5.00 -

13 and up

$3.00 - 4 thru 12

Free - 3 and under

Hands-on experience:

10:

am -

0pm

Note: Activity sheets will be handed out, you have till 6:00 to work on
them. Buildings will close at 6:15pm to the hands-on experience to get
ready for the "Not-to -Spooky" hayride.

"Not-too-Spooky" hayride:

6:3

0pm - 8:00pm

Trolley rides are free with paid admission

Christmas in the Village/ Village Holidays

(Date and time is subject to weather conditions)

December
6th & 13th                      Hours: 4 pm to 8 pm - Friday
7th & 8th                        Hours: 1 pm to 8 pm – Saturday
14th & 15th                     Hours: 1 pm to 8 pm - Sunday

Visit our buildings that will be lit with lights inside and out throughout our

village.

Draft horses draw trolleys and give visitors a ride around the village with a

costumed guide

...(

more info

)

Trolley rides are free

with paid admission