We Are Water will be at Pipestone s Meinders Community Library through Sept. 13. Written By: Leah Ward | ×
Area residents enjoy the new We Are Water exhibit on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at the Meinders Community Library in Pipestone. (Leah Ward/The Globe)
PIPESTONE For the next few weeks, Pipestone will play host to a regionally relevant traveling exhibit. We Are Water, from the Minnesota Humanities Center, tells the story of how people are connected to water, touching on agricultural, economic, health and spiritual aspects of why water matters. It also features water stories, in which local community members share how water has impacted their lives, as well as facts about Pipestone s water history.
CHISHOLM â Minnesota Discovery Center recently hosted an opening for its new traveling exhibit called, âWe Are Water MN.â The exhibit runs through July 11.
About a dozen speakers, representing the various partnerships on the exhibit spoke at the opening event, which was attended by about 18 stakeholders. Some of the speakers participated in person, while the others gave their presentations via an online platform.
MDC Executive Director Donna Johnson was also in the lineup of speakers for Thursday. âIâm just honored to have the exhibit here at the Discovery Center,â she told the Chisholm Tribune Press the following day. âItâs such an important topic and a partnership with all those involved. It opens your eyes on how water touches you in so many ways.â