The Regular Museum Season The Carter House Museum opens its summer season on Memorial Day Weekend. It is open for guided tours Saturdays (10-12) and Sundays and Holidays (2-4) through the Labor Day weekend. Special tours for large or family-size groups are available. Click on “Guided Tours.”
Special Holiday Events The Carter House is lavishly decorated for the holidays each year, and the Elkader Historical Society hosts a preview party in the museum on Friday evening the week before Thanksgiving.
Additional events are announced through the media and on this web site.