Field Trips: Forest History Center

Discover the past, present, and future of Minnesota’s forests at a 1900 logging camp and through action-packed environmental learning programs.

Life in a Logging Camp

Designed for grades 2–6, but adaptable to students of all ages.

Immerse students in the life and times of Minnesota lumberjacks. Costumed interpreters and an authentically recreated logging camp from the year 1900 bring history to life in a discovery learning experience. 

The River Wanigan is a re-creation of life on a log drive in the spring of 1901, where students will explore a "floating cookshack" (permanently anchored), just like the river drivers from days of old.

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Enhance your field trip

Add time to your experience to eat lunch on site, explore the Visitor Center or shop in the museum store. 

Visitor center 

In the Visitor Center your group can explore the exhibits on your own, play a scavenger hunt game, or see the 8 minute Cloquet/Moose Lake Fire Movie Experience. You can also shop in the Museum Store, if accompanied by an adult. 

• Add 30 minutes for Visitor Center Exhibits and/or Museum Store

Lunch

Students are welcome to eat on-site in a picnic shelter. 

• Add 30 minutes for Lunch