Past Events
May 2014
Mead Open House
Come see the progress we have made! Open to the public. Free Will Donations Welcome!
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Rummage/Bake Sale
Fill a bag & Make an Offer (unless otherwise marked). Lots of great items donated by local people. Lots of kids items, household items furniture…
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Open House: Mead Cultural Education Center
An Open House for the public at the Mead Cultural Education Center is being held May 9th and 10th from 1pm-4pm at the Mead Building…
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Holiday Pictures at Mead
Come and have your pictures take on the Mead Building's marble staircase from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. You will receive a CD with your…
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Sitting Bull Exhibit
To celebrate the completion of the foyer at the Mead Building, a special exhibition will be held January 30-31 at the Mead Cultural Education Center. …
View DetailsSitting Bull Exhibit
To celebrate the completion of the foyer at the Mead Building, a special exhibition will be held January 30-31, at the Mead Cultural Education Center. …
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Holiday Pictures at Mead
Have your holiday family pictures taken on the Mead staircase....leave with a CD of your pictures.
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Mead Cultural Education Center Open House
Come visit the Mead Cultural Education Center in an Open House. This will be the final open house before the Grand Opening in Summer 2018!…
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YCHS Members-Only Preview
Members of the Yankton County Historical Society will have an opportunity this week to see the Mead Cultural Education Center before it opens to the…
View DetailsGrand Re-Opening Celebration
The public is invited to our celebration as we finally re-open the Dakota Territorial Museum at the Mead Cultural Education Center. Enjoy our first exhibit,…
View DetailsVintage Christmas
As part of the Grand Re-Opening celebration we will be hosting a Vintage Christmas. This family-fun event is open to everyone and will be hours…
View DetailsJanuary 2019
Beginner Crochet
Everyone interested in learning to crochet is welcome to attend this class. Beginner supplies will be provided. Cost is yet to be determined. Contact the…
View DetailsFebruary 2019
Feed Your Mind
Feed Your Mind is the return our the Brown Bag Lunches once held at the Dakota Territorial Museum. We are so happy to bring back…
View DetailsBasic Quilting for Beginners
Everyone is welcome to come and learn the basics of hand quilting. Cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Supplies for the class…
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Feed Your Mind
Monthly First Friday program held at noon. Bring a sack lunch to enjoy while you listen to the program. Since March is Women's History Month…
View DetailsMead Story Time
This is a new program. Kids of all ages are invited out to listen to a story that has a little history thrown in. The…
View DetailsApril 2019
Mead Member Social & Volunteer Recognition
Join us as we say thank you to our dedicated members and volunteers!
View DetailsFeed Your Mind at Noon
Bring your lunch and join us for our noon presentations. Free will donations accepted. Presentations will be held in the 2nd floor East Parlor. April…
View DetailsLewis & Clark Exhibit Grand Opening
Fun afternoon celebrating our Journeying Forward: Connecting Cultures exhibit at the Mead Cultural Education Center. There will be speakers, demonstrations and more!
View DetailsJourneying Forward: Connecting Cultures Dedication
Join the excitement April 28, 2019, for the dedication ceremony for the Journeying Forward: Connecting Cultures exhibit at the Mead Cultural Education Center. The doors…
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Feed Your Mind
Daniel Johnikin will be at the Mead Cultural Education Center to discuss Black History. Daniel has done extensive research and has a wonderful presentation to…
View DetailsBlue Star Museum
Yankton, SD – Today, the Mead Cultural Education Center (MCEC) announces it will join museums nationwide in participating in the 10th summer of Blue Star…
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Feed Your Mind
Join us at the Mead Cultural Education Center at noon Friday, June 7, for the monthly Feed Your Mind program. For June we welcome Rich…
View DetailsFed Your Mind
Join the fun at the Mead Cultural Education Center on Friday, June 7, for the Feed Your Mind noon program. For June we welcome Dr.…
View DetailsFeed Your Mind
Join us at the Mead Cultural Education Center at noon Friday, June 7, for the monthly Feed Your Mind program. For June we welcome Rich…
View DetailsFeed Your Mind
Join us at the Mead Cultural Education Center at noon Friday, June 7, for the monthly Feed Your Mind program. For June we welcome Rich…
View DetailsJuly 2019
Feed Your Mind
Feed Your Mind at our monthly First Friday noon program at the Mead Cultural Education Center. On July 5th we welcome the staff of the…
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Monthly Noon Program held the Friday Friday of each month - Feed Your Mind is a great way to spend you lunch hour. Only July…
View DetailsMead Story Time
Kids are invited to Story Time at the Mead Cultural Education Center from 2-4pm.
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Riverboat Days Fun At The Mead
There will be a lot happening Riverboat Days weekend at the Mead Cultural Education Center. We will also be offering FREE-WILL DONATION ADMISSION all weekend.…
View DetailsRiverboat Days Fun At The Mead
There will be a lot happening Riverboat Days weekend at the Mead Cultural Education Center. We will also be offering FREE-WILL DONATION ADMISSION all weekend.…
View DetailsSeptember 2019
Feed Your Mind
Noon Program will feature Carol Ryan talking about "Medicine in the Time of Lewis and Clark."
View DetailsOctober 2019
Fed Your Mind
SPECIAL EDITION OF FEED YOUR MIND This month our monthly Feed Your Mind program will be held at 5:30pm on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Ruth…
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Special Feed Your Mind Program at 5:30pm Join us at the Mead Cultural Education Center special program. Ruth Page Jones will be here to talk…
View DetailsHaunted History 2019
HAUNTED HISTORY TOUR 2019!! This year we will begin at the Mead Cultural Education Center and then take a trolley to the Restview Cemetery, on…
View DetailsHaunted History 2019
HAUNTED HISTORY TOUR 2019!! This year we will begin at the Mead Cultural Education Center and then take a trolley to the Restview Cemetery, on…
View DetailsHaunted History 2019
HAUNTED HISTORY TOUR 2019!! This year we will begin at the Mead Cultural Education Center and then take a trolley to the Restview Cemetery, on…
View DetailsHaunted History 2019
HAUNTED HISTORY TOUR 2019!! This year we will begin at the Mead Cultural Education Center and then take a trolley to the Restview Cemetery, on…
View DetailsHaunted History 2019
HAUNTED HISTORY TOUR 2019!! This year we will begin at the Mead Cultural Education Center and then take a trolley to the Restview Cemetery, on…
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Haunted History 2019
HAUNTED HISTORY TOUR 2019!! This year we will begin at the Mead Cultural Education Center and then take a trolley to the Restview Cemetery, on…
View DetailsHaunted History 2019
HAUNTED HISTORY TOUR 2019!! This year we will begin at the Mead Cultural Education Center and then take a trolley to the Restview Cemetery, on…
View DetailsFebruary 2020
Mead Mardi Gras Masquerade! 2020
Join us for a night of Mardi Gras inspired hors d’oeuvres, drinks and decorations! Bid on your favorites at our Silent Auction Tables! A live…
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Feed Your Mind: “Yankton Ferry Boats”
Local researcher, teacher, and author Craig Ernster will share his vast research of and stories about the history of Yankton Ferry Boats.
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Presidential Visits to South Dakota in History – Feed Your Mind
Join us Friday, August 21st, for our Feed Your Mind noon program. The topic will be presented by Greg Nedved: "Presidential Visits to South Dakota…
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Feed Your Mind: 75th Anniversary of the end of World War 2″
Join us as Yankton native Dave Hosmer shares the history of the last two months of the war and the month following its finale.
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Haunted History Tours 2020
Mead Cultural Education Center is excited to bring back Haunted History Tours for 2020. This year the event will look slightly different. We are offering…
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Paul Goetz Toy Collection Exhibit
Paul Goetz has selected 50 toys from 1889 - 1960 from his collection to be on display at the Mead Cultural Education Center from November…
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Vintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
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Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
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Feed Your Mind: “Women’s Suffrage” presented by Molly Rozum
University of South Dakota History Professor Molly Rozum will share her knowledge of the women’s suffrage movement in South Dakota.
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas at the Mead
Be sure to stop by the Mead this December and experience Vintage Christmas! Best of all, every child will receive free admission to the museum…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsMead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsVintage Christmas and Mead Hall of Trees
Spark your holiday spirit at Mead Hall of Trees! Beginning on November 28th running through January 31st, the entire Mead building will be decked out…
View DetailsJanuary 2021
Feed Your Mind: “Goettsch Toy Colletion”
On January 8th at noon Paul Goettsch will be at the Mead Cultural Education Center to talk about his vintage toy collection. He will be…
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