Museums In Minnesota
This list of museums in Minnesota encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Non-profit and university art gallery, art galleries are also included. Private museums which are not regularly open to the public and virtual museums which exist only online are not included. Current museums Regions defined ;Northwest Minnesota Region Counties: Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau ;Northeast Minnesota Region Counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Pine, Saint Louis ;West Minnesota Region Counties: Douglas, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin ;Central Minnesota Re ...
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. More than 60% of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. With a population of about 3.7 million, the Twin Cities is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas in the state include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and ...
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Aitkin County Historical Society Log Museum
Aitkin may refer to: Place names In the United States: *Aitkin County, Minnesota **Aitkin, Minnesota, a city in the county **Aitkin Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, a township in the county **Aitkin High School, Aitkin, Minnesota People with the surname * Alexander Aitkin, mathematician and first surveyor general of Upper Canada * Don Aitkin, Australian political scientist See also * Aitken (other), includes "Aitkens" * Adkins Adkins is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Adele Adkins (born 1988), British singer * Amanda Adkins (born 1974/1975), American politician and businesswoman * Amanda Adkins (born 1976), American swimmer * Bennie ...

Aitkin County, Minnesota
Aitkin County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 15,697. Its county seat is Aitkin, Minnesota, Aitkin. Part of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is in the county. The county was created in 1857 and organized in 1871. History Aitkin County was established in 1857 as ''Aiken County''. The current spelling was adopted in 1872. It was named for William Alexander Aitken, a fur trader for the American Fur Company, under John Jacob Astor. Formed from Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey and Pine County, Minnesota, Pine counties, Aiken County originally consisted of the 17 township (United States), townships closest to Mille Lacs Lake. It acquired outlands of Ramsey, Itasca County, Minnesota, Itasca and Pine Counties to its north and east. It was organized in 1871, taking up lands from Cass County, Minnesota, Cass and Itasca Counties and losing a point in the southwestern corner to Crow ...
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