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Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum

Name: Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum
Address: 540 West Hills Circle, Owatonna, MN, 55060, US

540 West Hills Circle

Owatonna, MN 55060

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The Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum was founded to remember the 10,635 children who lived at the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent & Neglected Children between 1886 and 1945.

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