Chess Club
2025-11-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-18 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-16 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Becker County Museum, 714 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501, Detroit Lakes, MN, 56501, United States
Join us every Tuesday evening from 5–7 PM for our friendly Community Chess Club! All experience levels are welcome—from first-time players to seasoned strategists.Highlights:Open to all ages (4th grade & younger require an accompanying adult)No commitment—come as often as your schedule allowsDifferent focus topics each week to keep your game sharp and interestingA relaxed, fun environment to learn, play, and share your love of chessBring your curiosity, your strategy, and your love of the game—whether you want to challenge yourself, learn something new, or just have fun!For more information, visit the Chess Club page on our website!

Cold Cases & Cold Brews
2025-11-14 18:00 - 20:30
ovember 14, 2025

6pm Social

6:30pm Cold Case files distributed

$22 members$25 nonmembersRegister online at https://beckercountyhistory.org/store/…

Come alone, gather a friend or group of friends and join us at Bucks Mill Brewing! Work together in groups of 2-6 people in this captivating and immersive experience where attendees delve into unsolved mysteries from the past. Participants are invited to examine evidence, review witness statements, and even engage in hands-on investigative exercises to uncover new clues and potentially crack a case that has remained cold for years. With a mix of suspense, mystery, and intrigue, Cold Case Files promises an unforgettable opportunity to bring attention to fictional unsolved crimes while offering a deeper understanding of the complexities involved in solving long-forgotten case

Community Chess Fest
2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for a morning of strategy, fun, and friendly competition! Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome to take part in games, puzzles, and timed challenges—with prizes for many level of play. Come test your moves, learn some new ones and make new connections over the chessboard!

Electrifying Minnesota
2025-11-18 10:00 - 2025-11-22 17:00, 2025-11-25 10:00 - 2025-11-26 17:00, 2025-11-28 10:00 - 2025-11-29 17:00, 2025-12-02 10:00 - 2025-12-06 17:00, 2025-12-09 10:00 - 2025-12-13 17:00, 2025-12-16 08:00 - 2025-12-20 17:00, 2025-12-26 10:00 - 2025-12-27 17:00 | Becker County Museum, 714 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501, Detroit Lakes, MN, 56501, United States
“Electrifying Minnesota,” a new exhibit at the Becker County Museum on view September 4, 2025 thru January 3, 2026, illuminates the powerful ways electricity has transformed lives in Minnesota for well over 100 years.

Imagine what it was like, for the first time, to have electricity available at the flick of a switch. Discover what makes the miracle of generating electricity possible. Learn what people thought about electricity in the late-19th and early-20th centuries and how we will generate it in years to come. Period silent films, photography and an interactive electromagnetic generator all reveal the power of electricity and how it shapes our lives as Minnesotans.

This exhibit was created by The Baaken Museum in partnership with the Minnesota History Center. It is on temporary loan from the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul and will be traveling to venues throughout Minnesota.

The Minnesota Historical Society Traveling Exhibits Program has been made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

The Minnesota History Center is part of the Minnesota Historical Society, a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. Its essence is to help illuminate the past as a way to shed light on the future. The Society collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota’s past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and book publishing.

Butterfly Odyssey
2025-11-18 10:00 - 2025-11-22 17:00, 2025-11-25 10:00 - 2025-11-26 17:00, 2025-11-28 10:00 - 2025-11-29 17:00, 2025-12-02 10:00 - 2025-12-06 17:00, 2025-12-09 10:00 - 2025-12-13 17:00, 2025-12-16 08:00 - 2025-12-20 17:00, 2025-12-26 10:00 - 2025-12-27 17:00, 2025-12-30 08:00 - 2026-01-03 17:00
The Becker County Museum presents Butterfly Odyssey: Saving rainforests, one flap at a time with financial support from Becker County Children’s Initiative, Pelican Water Shed District and Becker County Soil and Water Conservation District. The exhibit will be at the Becker County Museum October 4th, 2025 -April 4th, 2026.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for children which includes your daily admission to the museum for 3 floors of learning and fun! Museum members, cost is just $5 for adults and $3 for children

Regardless of where you live, you rely on products and services provided by tropical rainforests. In addition to providing familiar products like bananas, chocolate, and coffee, we can all take a deep breath and thank the rainforest. Almost one-quarter of the world’s oxygen is produced there. Not only do we rely on rainforests to meet our needs, nearly half of all Earth’s animal species can be found in rainforests and rely directly on them for survival.Managing the needs of people and planet is a delicate balancing act. Rainforests around the world are under threat due to over-harvesting and habitat destruction, but sustainable practices provide a blueprint for using resources today in a way that ensures they will be available for generations to come.Butterfly Odyssey is a high-energy, immersive role-play journey in rainforest conservation that explores the sustainable business of butterfly farming.Become a butterfly and see if you are one of the lucky 2% of caterpillars that makes it to adulthood in the wild. Can you survive the spider’s web, hairy plant trap, and predators’ wheel?Then experience a more sheltered life as a farmed butterfly. Collect eggs of different butterfly species at the host plant and egg hunt; feed each caterpillar the correct “leaves” at the bean bag toss; and undergo metamorphosis first-hand as you turn into a chrysalis along with the hungry caterpillars.After caterpillars pupate, it’s time to get busy! Race against the clock and fill orders to send butterfly chrysalids around the world in time for them to hatch and take flight.Along your journey uncover other sustainable rainforest enterprises that impact your daily life, like fair trade crafts, organic farming, and farmer-owned coffee cooperatives.Butterfly farming not only protects native butterfly populations, it also allows farmers to raise butterflies for a profit without damaging rainforests. Learning about unique sustainable practices like butterfly farming at Butterfly Odyssey is the first step toward balancing resources for a healthy planet.

Afterschool STEAM Club
2025-11-18 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-11-25 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-02 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-09 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-16 15:30 - 17:30
Tuesdays

Fall Session

October 7, 14, 21, 28

November 4, 11, 18, 28

December 2, 9, 16

Winter Session

January 6, 13, 20, 27

February 3, 10, 17, 24

Spring Session

March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

April 7, 14, 21, 28

3:30pm (Afterschool)-5:30pm1st-5th grade

Cost $20 per week, buy a 10 week punchcard & save 10%!Register in the store on our website www.beckercountyhistory.org

You must register by the Friday before to reserve your space or save time and register all dates at once. To register utilizing your punchcard, contact us at 218-847-2938 or email Bethany@beckercountymuseum.org

Get ready to explore, create, and discover! Our Afterschool STEAM Club invites curious kids in grades 1–5 to dive into Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through fun, hands-on activities. Each week, we’ll experiment, build, design, and problem-solve while encouraging teamwork and creativity. From simple machines and coding games to art projects and exciting science experiments, every session sparks imagination and curiosity — helping kids learn by doing in a playful, supportive environment.

Transportation not provided. Students may bring an afterschool snack and water.

Thanksgiving Day-Museum CLOSED
2025-11-27 10:00 - 17:00

Museum CLOSED
2025-12-23 08:00 - 2025-12-25 17:00
