About Us

The Griggs County Historical Society was organized in 1960.

The first building was erected in 1970.

The layout of the first ten building projects as of 2012 can be seen here.

The Museum phone number is 701-797-2992.

The mailing address is:

Griggs County Historical Society
PO Box 242
Cooperstown, North Dakota, 58425

The museum building is located at:

Griggs County Museum
203 12th Street Southeast
Cooperstown, North Dakota 58425

The annual family membership cost is $12.00 per year.  This entitles all members of your family to visit the museum free of charge anytime we are open.

The annual individual membership is $8.00 per year

The admission charge without the annual membership is $5.00 for adults for each visit and $2.00 for students for each visit.

Children under 5 are admitted free.

Donations We are a registered tax-exempt 501(c)(3)  organization, so all of your contributions are tax exempt.  If you have historical artifacts or documents, we would be glad to look at them and add them to our collections if possible.

Volunteer The museum does not have any paid staff.  We are completely dependent on volunteers for all aspects of the operation of the museum.