The Museum of Lake Minnetonka (MLM) is an organization that was split from the Minnesota Transportation Museum

Minnesota Transportation Museum

The Minnesota Transportation Museum is a transport museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota.The MTM operates several heritage transportation sites in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin...

 (MTM) in 2004–2005 to operate the steamboat

Steamboat

A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...

 Minnehaha that was part of a small fleet made by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) in 1906. The vessel operated on Lake Minnetonka

Lake Minnetonka

Lake Minnetonka is a lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Throughout its recorded history, the lake has been a resort destination. It is located west-southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The lake is an irregular shape with numerous bays and islands which make up about of shoreline...

, one of the main resort locations in the vicinity of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, before business declined and the boat was scuttled in 1926. Another boat of the same type, the Hopkins operated on the lake until 1948.

The Minnehaha was later located by divers and brought to the surface in 1980. It was restored by MTM in the 1990s and returned to the lake in 1996. It now operates during the summer between the cities of Wayzata

Wayzata, Minnesota

Wayzata is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis. Wayzata came into existence in the center of Chief Shakopee's Indian village.-Early settlement:...

 and Excelsior, Minnesota

Excelsior, Minnesota

Excelsior is a settlement on Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,188 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

.

The ticket office for the steamboat in Excelsior, Minnesota

Excelsior, Minnesota

Excelsior is a settlement on Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,188 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

 has some exhibits, and the Great Northern Depot

Great Northern Depot (Wayzata, Minnesota)

The Great Northern Depot in Wayzata, Minnesota is a depot built by the Great Northern Railway in 1906. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot now houses the offices and museum of the Wayzata Historical Society as well as the Wayzata Area Chamber of Commerce, and...

 in Wayzata

Wayzata, Minnesota

Wayzata is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis. Wayzata came into existence in the center of Chief Shakopee's Indian village.-Early settlement:...

 is near one dock used by the Minnehaha. Another operation split from MTM, the Minnesota Streetcar Museum

Minnesota Streetcar Museum

The Minnesota Streetcar Museum is a transport museum that operates two heritage streetcar lines in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the western suburb of Excelsior....

, also operates streetcars on a line in Excelsior.

External links

• Museum of Lake Minnetonka

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