GALLERY & GIFTS

Step Back In Time and Experience the Evolution of Freshwater Fishing…

Fishing has always played a vital role in the lives of Minnesotans, beginning with the Native Americans and the state’s earliest settlers. There is not another state in the U.S.A where fishing has had a more significant impact on the economy, heritage, history, and pastime of the state’s residents and visitors. For these reasons alone, it is appropriate and fitting that Minnesota has a fishing museum and educational center solely dedicated to preserving that heritage.

O-FISH-L Gift Shop

Minnesota Water Quick Facts

  • The State offers 4-million acres of water
  • There 18,000 miles of waterways, rivers, and streams in Minnesota
  • Known as "The Land of 10,000 Lakes," Minnesota actually surpasses 10,000 lakes by 1,000 plus

Get A Glimpse of the Fishing Artifacts You'll See at the MFM…

Throughout our 10,000 square feet of display area you will find thousands of donated artifacts and exhibits including boats, motors, state record fish, tackle, invasive species display, ice fishing diorama, and more — with many items dating back to the early 1900s.

Inside the Museum…

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  • Boats
  • Fish
  • Motors
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Old boat on display in museum

Wooden boat with outboard motor and paddles

Upright boat and fishing rods

Mounted bluegill fish

Mounted walleye fish

mounted black crappie fish

Mounted Flathead Catfish

Mounted walleye fish

Mounted flathead catfish

mounted northern pike

mounted king salmon

mounted muskellunge

mounted lake trout

fish mounted with plants and wood

Mounted Large Mounth Bass

Fish tank in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Mounted Smallmouth Bass

Fish in aquarium tank

Vintage boat motor

Vintage motor and advertisement "Built by Evinrude. Elto Cub. World's Lightest Outboard. $26.50"

Blue and White Scott Atwater outboard motor on display in museum

Teal colored Oliver outboard motor

Johnson outboard motor and gasoline tank

1902 submersible boat motor

Vintage outboard motors in a row on display

Boat with outboard motor on display in museum

Minnesota fishing museum outside of cabin display

one person ice fishing tent display on fake snow

One person ice fishing tent

Ice fishing display of pretend ice fishing hole, seat, and fish.

multi-pronged fishing spears

Manual ice augers

Pine decoy made by David Perkins and Duluth fish decoys

Vintage leather tackle box

Cabin display with bunk beds, kitchen, cast iron pans on the wall, and a dining table

Fish filleting bench display

Fishing devoy and spear display with mouted fish

Vintage yellow snowmobile

Display of vintage and newer fishing spears

Fishing poles, nets, and baskets in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Evinrude skeeter snowmobile

Wooden fishing boat in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Vintage outboard motors

1957 Mercury Maark 10 outboard motor

Sea King 3 outboard motor

Schmidt Beer Collector Series can display

Fish mounted in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Fish mounted in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Fish mounted in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Fish mounted in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Fish mounted in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Fish mounted in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Mounted fish in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Mounted fish with its mouth open

Wall full of fishing rods in the museum

Fishing lures donated by Steve Sigford on display

Vintage fishing rod, photos, and knives shown in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Net, lures, and reels shown in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Boat on display in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Boat on display in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Historic lures on display along with old photos

Line of outboard motors from the early 1900s

Another view of a Johnson outboard motor

Side view of a Johnson outboard motor

Johnson outboard motor in the museum

Display case showing vintage lures

View of the Minnesota Fishing Museum inside showing the cases on lures being displayed

View of the Minnesota Fishing Museum inside showing the cases on lures being displayed

View of the Minnesota Fishing Museum inside showing the cases on lures being displayed

View of the Minnesota Fishing Museum inside showing the cases on lures being displayed

View of the Minnesota Fishing Museum inside showing the vintage outboard motors, a boat, and fish on the wall

Outboard motors from the 1940s on display in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Historic Outboard motor on display in museum

Wooden decoys on display in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Case of fishing decoys in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Case of wooden fishing decoys

fishing decoys on display in the museum

vintage boat motor in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Old and worn Johnson motor in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Johnson Outboard motor in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Large wooden fishing lures in a display case in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Framed lures in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Lure workbench in the Minnesota Fishing Museum

Check Out Our O-FISH-L Gift Shop…

The MFM gift shop is open year-round during museum hours and can be visited FREE of charge. The gift shop features a variety of fishing related gifts, books, apparel, toys, and puzzles as well as casual cabin décor and Minnesota souvenirs. We proudly sell artwork by Les Kouba, Ken Hedmark, Helen Merchant, and local water color artist Kathy Braud. There is something for everyone!

Shelves of souvenirs in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Clothing racks in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Shelves of tshirts in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Minnesota sweatshirts in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Minnesota long sleeve shirts in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Minnesota long sleeve shirts in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Minnesota printed long sleeve shirts in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Book stand in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Wooden fish sign in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Minnesota printed blankets in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Bottles of infused cooking oil in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

Hats with fishing bobbers on them in the Minnesota Fishing Museum gift shop

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