The Melheim Collection – Fesler Gallery The Society's Fesler Gallery describes a space that is divided into two areas: a more enclosed space that we refer to as the "small Fesler", in which a rotation of exhibits is placed. The rest of this space, and the first area that the museum visitor arrives at, contains another permanent exhibit – the Melheim Collection, which is primarily a group of very intricately carved wooden furniture and clocks. Herman Melheim and his wife, Lillian, lived in a log cabin at Ray, Minnesota, and this secluded cabin is where Herman began his wood carving career. He began carving with only a pocket knife and later developed his own makeshift tools. The carvings that resulted were the antithesis of "makeshift". Mr. Melheim, over the years, gave generously to museums and historical societies, and in at least one instance he worked for six months carving furniture and religious objects, such as a pulpit, baptismal font, and candelabra, for a church.