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Heritage Building

The Heritage Building was built in 1916. The building was used for poultry exhibits until the new poultry building was built around 1980 give or take a year. It was then used for open class arts and crafts exhibits before being boarded up in the 1980’s. It was used as a storage building until 2002 when a group got together to restore the building back to its original condition. The building began it’s transformation in 2002 and was open for the 2003 fair. There are daily demonstrations in the building during the fair from spinning to lefsa making.

Building Hours:

Tuesday - Noon - 9:00 pm
Wednesday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thursday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday - Noon - 5:00 pm

Doug Ohman Programs

Doug a speaker, historian, author, and an entertaining storyteller.
Join us in the Heritage Building for one (or all) his programs.

Tuesday, July 29th
1:00pm - Heart of Farm - Barns of Minnesota #2
3:00pm - County Fair - A Minnesota Tradition #14
5:00pm - Escape to the Lake - Cabins of Minnesota #4

Wednesday, July 30th
1:00pm - Minnesota Rich Ag Heritage #17
3:00pm - Historic Churches of Minnesota #2
5:00pm - Uncovering and Saving History #12

Thursday, July 31st
1:00pm - Looking Back - Minnesota 150 Years Ago #16
3:00pm - Vanishing Landmarks #6
5:00pm - State Parks of Minnesota #8

R.J. Kern Photography

American artist whose work investigates ideas of home, ancestry, and a sense of place. His portraits focus on intimate, interdependent relationships of people, animals, and landscape as a means of exploring how ancestry shapes identity and how myth intertwines with personal history.

Thursday, July 31st
2:00pm - Being a National Geographic Agricultural Photographer
4:00pm - iPhoneography Tips for your Award-Winning Photography
6:00pm - Gobble Up History: The Presidential Turkey Pardons (New for 2025!)

Friday, August 1st
3:00pm - History of Agricultural Photography 101
5:00pm - Being a National Geographic Agricultural Photographer
7:00pm - The Unchosen Ones: Advice for 4-H Competitors and Life Skills Learned in 4-H

Be sure to make a stop at the building throughout the week to see the full schedule of demonstrations and presentations.

We are looking for people that would like to demonstrate or do a presentation on different crafts, arts or a way of life at the fair. We have a presentation area all ready!!

Presentations or demonstrations could include making butter, brewing beer, whittling wood/wood carving, blacksmithing, shearing sheep, quilting and weaving. We are seeking people or groups that would be willing to put on demonstrations that would last an hour or two, a couple of times a day or throughout the week of the fair.

If you are interested, please contact the fair office.