This year, the Museum is focusing on the “Raise the Roof at Dorothy’s” campaign (part of a developing capital campaign) for  reshingling and foundation leveling of both the Winter and Point Cabins. We’ve already raised $750! If you want to help AND maximize your dollar, GTMD is focused on Thursday, November 15 and the more donations $10+ we get on that day, the more times the Dorothy Molter Museum is entered to win $500-$10,000!

Channel your inner Dorothy Molter and get creative designing and building a bird feeder for this annual contest to celebrate Dorothy’s love of birds! Judging begins Feb. 7 and winners are announced at the Annual Fundraising Dinner Friday, Feb 15 (winners do not need to be present). This contest is for all ages and abilities.

Bundle up for our annual outdoor winter extravaganza! Enjoy hot cocoa and coffee as you visit interpretive and activity stations related to winter ecology and survival presented by Wilderness & Park Management students at Vermilion Community College then, warm up by the campfire! This event is FREE!

Learn the story behind and how to make Dorothy’s homemade root beer then take home 32oz of delicious soda of your own making! This program is held at the Dorothy Molter Museum and includes an outdoor component – dress for the season! To register or ask questions call 218 365 4451 or email.

Celebrate Dorothy while you support the museum at our big FUNdraising event of the year. Cash bar during social hour, silent auction, delicious dinner and program. Stay tuned for more details – and don’t forget, it’s a plaid tie event!

Check out this fantastic, women’s-only trip to Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and learn about the last (non-indigenous), permanent resident Dorothy Molter. Learn more about this trip!