Welcome to our Online Collections Database!

The Pipestone County Historical Society encourages an awareness of Pipestone County’s history and its connection with the history of Minnesota, the region, and the nation, through artifacts, exhibits, archives, publications, educational programming and in cooperation with others in protecting and preserving buildings and monuments which reflect our unique community heritage.

Currently, only a limited selection of items from the Pipestone County Museum's collection are available to view online. Additional records will continue to be uploaded. If you do not see what you are looking for, please contact the Museum.

Close Brothers Land Records and additional images are available for viewing with the Minnesota Digital Library. Please click here -> MDL

Tips for Searching

Keyword Search

The Keyword Search button allows you to perform a general search across multiple fields for any catalog records online. Keyword searches use OR as the default connector between words (e.g. a search for Hiawatha Pageant will return records associated with Hiawatha OR Pageant). If you want to find records where both keywords are found, type in AND between the two words. To search for a specific phrase, be sure to put the phrase within quotes (e.g. "Pipestone National Monument").

Advanced Search

The Advanced Search button can help you be more specific with your search. For example, searching White in the People field will bring up any records associated with a member of the White family, without having to sift through black & white photographs.

Catalog Searches (Archives / Photos / Libraries / Objects)

The catalog buttons can also help narrow down your search, by only searching with a selected catalog. If you only want to search for Photos, click the Photos button and type in your keyword(s) or phrase.

If you would like to request copies of the collection's photos. Please click here -> Photo Requests