Through November, Minnesota residents will have an opportunity to enjoy a new museum display entitled "Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: 42 Years of Magic," which opened at the Carver County Historical Society on June 14, 2010.

A few highlights include specialty hand-painted "buildings" fashioned into wearable costumes for actors from the 2007 World Premiere of Irving Berlin's Easter Parade, the original set model made for the 1971 production of Fiddler on the Roof, a fabric horse head mask from the 1975 production of Man of La Mancha created with fiberglass, papier mache and burlap, and a dual-purpose lamb (in both carcass and fattened-state) on a rolling cart from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. One of the more fascinating and unique advantages of the display is that it's touchable. Guests will be invited to get up close and personal to the items and actually touch them. Also included in the collection are a number of personal items collected by Britta Bloomberg, daughter of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' founders, Herb and Carol Bloomberg.

The Carver County Historical Society is located at 555 West 1st Street in Waconia, Minnesota. The Chanhassen exhibit is one of many exhibits that can be viewed by visiting guests at no charge. The Chanhassen exhibit will enjoy a longer life beyond its time in at the Carver County Historical Society. When the exhibit closes in November, plans are to take the exhibit on tour around the state for an additional year. Guests visiting the exhibit in Waconia will have an opportunity to pick up an historical brochure on the theatre with a ticket discount coupon attached. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime event!