Museum Gift Shop
Visit our museum gift shop during open hours for a wide selection of Danish and Viborg collectibles.
* Inspirational books by Joy Ibsen
* Danish jewelry
* Danish Blue Christmas plates
* Danish Blue Mother's Day plates
* Museum T-shirts
* Viborg postcards
* Friends of Viborg" medallions (2006-2019)
* Viborg 125th anniversary Danish-American cookbook
* Viborg 125th anniversary glass apothecary jars
ONLINE ARCHIVES
The office archives and the online archives consists of family history files of people who have lived in and around the Viborg area over the past nearly 150 years. We also have digital files of Viborg High School Yearbooks, the 2001 VHS Alumni Album, and some Hurley High School yearbooks. We recently added 1932-37 Viborg Baseball Scoresheets (courtesy Eric Nelson).
Online Brochure
The Daneville Heritage Museum has a Facebook page! Come check it out at
www.facebook.com/danevilleheritage
Winter Hours
Open 9-2 every Thursday and Friday
or by appointment by calling
Office:
(605) 766-1312 (leave message)
Board Member:
Brenda Jensen (605) 661-8128
Bob Christensen (605) 744-9652
If the Viborg-Hurley School closes due to inclement weather, so will we. If weather is questionable, please call ahead of visit.
Monthly board meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. All who are interested in the museum are welcome to attend.
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AND COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREES
Thank you to all who attended our 2025 Holiday Open House, to the Tri-Valley Barbershop Chorus for entertaining us and to Robert Black for being available to speak to guests about his recent donation of miniature wagons.
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There's still time to enjoy the community Christmas trees! They will be displayed until after Christmas.
Voting (with cash) for your favorite will go through December 24th.
Stop in to support a local cause during this holiday season.
About the Museum Library
The Museum Library has many submitted family histories and family photo albums for research, but not online. Other resources available include complete sets of Viborg Enterprise newspapers from 1958 - current editions, centennial books (Centerville, Chancellor, Davis, Hurley, Marion (including Monroe and Dolton), Irene, Parker, Viborg, and Wakonda), Turner County atlases beginning in 1897, Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union, and Yankton county farm and home directories, most Viborg High School yearbooks from 1916 - present, Turner County Pioneer History by W. H. Stoddard (published in 1931) and other county resource books.
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