Santa’s House on the Prairie

Step back in time on a magical holiday journey with the sights and sounds of Santa’s House on the Prairie.

Begin your journey in the Holiday Forest. Listen to a story and use your imagination to bring the Daube Department Store puppets to life.

Next, one of Santa’s helpers will escort you to visit Santa inside his cabin. This is an original log cabin built in 1892 and later relocated to the museum. Once inside the cabin, Santa will tell you a story about one of his adventures.

From here you will move on to Mrs. Claus’ kitchen, where you can decorate your own cookie.

Now you are off to your final stop on the journey, Santa’s workshop. Here you will decorate your very own ornament or card to take home.

We hope that throughout your journey you learn all about pioneer life and how early settlers celebrated the holiday season.

Santa’s House appointments can be made at 15-minute intervals from 9:00 to 11:15. It takes at least 45 minutes for students to complete all the activities. The cost is $2 per child but free to teachers and helpers. Group size is limited to 28 children and a maximum of six adults. Slots do fill up fast so please remember to make your reservations early.