NEW ULM — In conjunction with the New Ulm Parade of Lights, the Brown County Historical Society is hosting a Holiday Open House on Friday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at its museum at 2 North Broadway, New Ulm.

Admission is free. Enjoy live music, apple cider and holiday treats from 4 to 8 p.m.

The museum will feature The Menzel Village holiday display.

Enjoy holiday treats land music while you warm up and enjoy the display. The Menzel Village will be displayed until the end of December. While you escape the winter chill, tour the exhibits, “Never Shall I Forget: Brown County and the U. S.-Dakota War,” the Prohibition Exhibit, Hair-itage Exhibit and the Education Pod.

The Menzel Village was originally the collection of Louise Fritsche Menzel, a New Ulm native. Louise and her husband Walter started collecting in 1937 while traveling and continued to add pieces for many years. They would place the village in their home under a tree and invite the neighborhood children in every Christmas to see the display. The exhibit has also been on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and some of the larger banks in the Twin Cities area.

The collection has over 1,000 pieces which includes a 100-year old clay village, three other village sets, small dolls dressed in crocheted outfits, dolls with ceramic heads and wool wrapped legs and arms, snowbabies, angels, monks, wood village people and animals, farm people, skiers, skaters, deer, cows, donkeys, geese, chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, lambs, dogs, pigs, horses, bears, elves, bridges, many different trees, street signs, mirrors for ponds, fences and even an outhouse.