Local Mission of SGHERITAGE.ORG

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Mission

THE GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER, was originally incorporated in 2009 as a non-profit educational institution, dedicated to honoring, preserving, and interpreting the history and heritage of the people from Spring Grove’s Norwegian Ridge in southeastern Minnesota. Drawing on a rich cultural history, the Center records and reflects the achievements of indigenous peoples and immigrants to the Spring Grove area. The Center draws upon varied resources, while also providing a gathering place and a sense of community and identity to its public.     

To realize its purpose, the Giants of the Earth Heritage Center has four goals:
  1. to function as an educational center and source of inspiration for a wide public;
  2. to preserve and share its collections and resources that are held in trust;
  3. to acquire, through purchase and gift, significant artifacts and documentary materials relevant to the heritage and people of the Spring Grove Norwegian Ridge area; and
  4. to present the collections, related exhibitions, and interpretive programming to the general public, students of all ages, visitors, and scholars in a manner consistent with the highest educational and artistic standards.

The significance of this shared heritage mandates an important role for the institution as a laboratory for intergenerational and experiential opportunities, which immerse participants in a continuing story of the American experience.  

 
 
 

 

Spring Grove Township in 1874

 

One thought on “Local Mission of SGHERITAGE.ORG

  1. Judy Wester

    I love it! I can’t wait to come in person. I am part of a small 5-year old museum and genealogy group in Luck, WI. We just received $90 grant for a heritage center. We need advice. Our group has been hit with health problems, and main leader’s death this year, so we are really short of volunteers. I am so excited to learn from you.
    Judy

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