Murphy's Landing

This park allows visitors to experience what life was like in the Minnesota River Valley 150 years ago. Interpreters in costumes and building replicas help recreate late 19th-century life, a time when settlers were establishing farmsteads and villages on the frontier. The 88-acre park is open for tours and hosts educational events, groups and weddings. Original features include Major Murphy's...

Guided tours are available Saturdays at 11am, 1pm and 3pm and Sundays at 1pm and 3pm.

In Short
Murphy's Landing is a living history museum that faithfully re-creates the environment of a 19th-century Minnesota River town. The museum offers a glimpse into daily life along...

Nestled on an 88-acre wooded site along the Minnesota River is this living history museum. Costumed guides representing 19th Century pioneers provide an interesting glimpse of immigrant life in rural Minnesota. Settlers demonstrate crafts and chat with visitors about daily life in the 19th Century. This unique collection of 40 buildings represents the homesteads of the many settlers that forged...

The Landing Minnesota River Heritage Park, formerly Historic Murphy's Landing, was established in 1969. This 88-acre living history museum depicts life in the Lower Minnesota River Valley from the 1840s1890s with authentic 19th-century buildings, demonstrations and a scenic river trail and overlook. Original site features include Major Murphy's inn and ferry crossing, the Pond Grist Mill, and a...