Upcoming Events
The Warroad Heritage Center offers free programming throughout the year. Make sure to sign up for our mailing list to receive notice when new events are added!
Summer History Camp-2025
This week long camp is designed for kids ages 9-12. Each day is a 3 hour session where kids get to learn about a specific topic related to the history of the area along with doing an activity associated with it. 2025’s theme is Warroad in the beginning! Kids will learn about what life was like at the beginning of Warroad. Explore trapping, the railroads, logging and life on a homestead. On Friday, kids will enjoy a river canoe tour. The program will run June 9-13. Registration is now open. Please click here to register.
This program is limited to the first 24 kids with a $20 fee for each child. This includes snacks and a Summer History Camp T-Shirt.
Kids will be dropped off and picked up at the Warroad Heritage Center or designated location.
Annual July 4th History Walk
Take a walk down historic Warroad and learn the history of the locations of present and past buildings. We have packed in the history of 20+ locations all within the 1 mile walk.
Saturday July 5th. 9am-10:30
Starting at the CN Depot/City Office
Online Programming
Don’t forget to check out our YouTube page to see the programming we record! Currently we have two ongoing series, History on Tap and Warroad History interviews. Click the image on the left to check out our whole collection of videos.
Warroad History Interview- Doug Johnson out now
Warroad History Interview- Rube Bjorkman out now
Warroad History Interview- Dave Kleven out now
History on Tap- History NW Minnesota Wildlife- Gretchen Mehmel
Pub Trivia - June 26th
Come enjoy pub trivia at Lake of the Woods Brewing Co. and help digitize Warroad newspapers! Cost is $50 per team. The fee for each team will digitize a month of Warroad newspapers. Teams are capped at 6 people per team. Winning team will take home a gift basket from several businesses. Baskets have items from Lake of the Woods Coffee, Mitch's Kitchen, Warroad Liquor Store, Bloomin Creations, Lake of the Woods Brewing Co.
THIS IS NOT WARROAD HISTORY TRIVIA! There will be 6 categories with 5 questions in each category.
Pub Trivia - July 24th
Come enjoy pub trivia at Lake of the Woods Brewing Co. and help digitize Warroad newspapers! Cost is $50 per team. The fee for each team will digitize a month of Warroad newspapers. Teams are capped at 6 people per team. Winning team will take home a gift basket from several businesses. Baskets have items from Lake of the Woods Coffee, Mitch's Kitchen, Warroad Liquor Store, Bloomin Creations, Lake of the Woods Brewing Co.
THIS IS NOT WARROAD HISTORY TRIVIA! There will be 6 categories with 5 questions in each category.
Pub Trivia - August 29th
Come enjoy pub trivia at Lake of the Woods Brewing Co. and help digitize Warroad newspapers! Cost is $50 per team. The fee for each team will digitize a month of Warroad newspapers. Teams are capped at 6 people per team. Winning team will take home a gift basket from several businesses. Baskets have items from Lake of the Woods Coffee, Mitch's Kitchen, Warroad Liquor Store, Bloomin Creations, Lake of the Woods Brewing Co.
THIS IS NOT WARROAD HISTORY TRIVIA! There will be 6 categories with 5 questions in each category.
Season 4-Warroad History Trivia
Enjoy Warroad and Lake of the Woods based trivia at Lake of the Woods Brewing Company. Teams or individuals have 3 rounds to test their knowledge on the area’s past. Winners of the rounds receive 4 free drink tokens. At the end of the 3 rounds, a team is drawn at random to win a larger gift from Lake of the Woods Brewing Company. Trivia starts at 6pm and runs to about 8pm.
Thank you so much for another wonderful season of trivia! Season 4 will come again in November 2025! More details later.
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