The museum and gift shop are open Tuesday through Friday from 12 to 4 pm and Saturday from 11 am to 3 pm. Group tours are available year round by appointment and the storybook / party room is available to rent for parties or meetings.

Admission is $2.00 for adults, $1.00 for children age 12 and under.
Please call 507-377-1820 for more information.

The Story Lady Doll & Toy Museum features more than 1,500 dolls including antiques, story book characters, designer dolls, handcrafted dolls, and much more. There are also antique toys and a 70 year old hand-carved dancing doll display. The gift shop offers a wide variety of unique dolls and specialty toys.
The museum holds monthly events to showcase collections or provide education about toys and dolls. The storybook / party room can be rented for special parties or meetings.
There are "dress-up" clothes available for children's birthday parties or special occasions.
Group tours are available year round.

Museum displays include the following (plus much more):

• German bisque, china, parian, celluloid, and tin-head dolls
• Bye-lo baby in an antique wicker buggy
• Sweets doll by early 20th century illustrator Maud Tousey Fangle
• Fam-lee doll with four interchangeable heads
• Early Kathe Kruse doll
• Antique buggies
• Vintage furniture to complement the displays
• Composition baby dolls from the 1930’s
• Patty Playpal, Betsy McCall, Toni, Ginny, Terri Lee, and Chatty Cathy dolls from the 1950’s and 60’s
• Vinyl Fisher Price My Friend dolls and Tomy’s Kimberly dolls from the 1980’s
• Princess Diana dolls
• Jackie Kennedy dolls
• Effanbee famous people dolls
• Emma Clear’s George and Martha Washington dolls
• Lewis Sorenson wax lady doll
• Dolls by Minnesota doll artists Faith Wick and Annie Wahl
• Harry Potter dolls
• Vintage toy and truck displays that change periodically