Editing Ely, Minnesota (section)

=== Ely-Winton History Museum ===
[[File:Ely-Winton History Museum.jpg|thumb|left|Ely-Winton History Museum]]

The Ely-Winton History Museum is on the Vermilion Community College Campus. It depicts local history through displays, photographs, and oral histories. Logging and mining histories are told using geological samples and old logging and mining tools. Examples of past businesses are demonstrated as well as the importance of women on the frontier. In 2018 the museum opened an exhibit of paintings representative of Ely mining history, featuring the works of Albin Zaverl. It also has a collection of the work done by [[Ojibwe]] artist Carl Gawboy, who grew up in Ely.<ref>{{cite web |title=Albin Zaverl mining artwork exhibit opens at Ely Winton Historical Society |url=https://www.elyecho.com/articles/2018/08/30/albin-zaverl-mining-artwork-exhibit-opens-ely-winton-historical-society |website=The Ely Echo |access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Duluth artist Carl Gawboy honored with county arts excellence award |url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/2016770-duluth-artist-carl-gawboy-honored-county-arts-excellence-award |website=Duluth News Tribune |date=November 11, 2011 |access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> The museum offers programs about the history of the area twice a month during the summer. The museum mission statement reads:<ref>{{cite web |title=Ely-Winton Historical Society |url=http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/6339 |website=Museum |access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>

:The mission depicts local history through artifacts, photographs, oral histories, numerous videos/DVDs; displays include Ojibwe, fur trade, mining, logging, immigration, voyageurs, and Footprints Across The Wilderness, the history of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with a new exhibit each summer. They cover the history of the area from prehistoric times through mining, immigration and logging. Arts displays include Carl Gawboy and Albin Zaverl.