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Thanks to Wild Country and Sawtooth Mountain Maple Syrup Companies of Lutsen, the history museum in Grand Marais has a new featured exhibit. A couple of years back, Jim Cordes brought to us the idea of asking the community to share their own personal collections. After recent updates to our exhibits, we created a dedicated exhibit space and asked Jim to be the first exhibitor of our quarterly Community Collections. Jim and his family have put together a glimpse into the history of maple syruping along the North Shore with artifacts and images that they have accumulated over the years. The historical society was also able to add a couple of artifacts to help tell the story.
From a Native American sap bucket of folded birch bark and spigots of various materials to books, awards, and images – the exhibit presents information on the history of sugar bushes, the sap collecting process, the evolution of the industry, and the camaraderie of the family-owned businesses.
Jim is enthusiastic about the opportunity for community members to be able to share their collections at the history museum. The exhibits provide a chance for storytelling where community members will be preserving culture and passing on cultural knowledge – helping us to better understand others as well as ourselves.
Cordes is a collector by nature and also has collections including rocks and minerals, glass canning jars, and metal ceiling tiles – some of which just might make an appearance at the museum someday.
We invite you to stop by the history museum to enjoy our new featured Community Collection: Wild Country and Sawtooth Mountain Maple Syrup Companies.
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