South Dakota’s first cookie jar museum set to open in Roslyn

  • Patti Mitchell holds one of her approximately 6,000 cookie jars in her future museum in Roslyn Dec. 6. Mitchell said she has been collecting for 30 years is hopeful the museum will open to the public in May 2026. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
    Patti Mitchell holds one of her approximately 6,000 cookie jars in her future museum in Roslyn Dec. 6. Mitchell said she has been collecting for 30 years is hopeful the museum will open to the public in May 2026. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
  • A small portion of Patti Mitchell’s cookie jar collection sits in her museum Dec. 9 in Roslyn. The museum is set to open to the public in May. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
    A small portion of Patti Mitchell’s cookie jar collection sits in her museum Dec. 9 in Roslyn. The museum is set to open to the public in May. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
  • South Dakota’s first cookie jar museum set to open in Roslyn
    South Dakota’s first cookie jar museum set to open in Roslyn
    For the past six years Grenville resident Patti Mitchell has been working on a goal: to find a home to display her collection of 6,000 cookie jars for the public to enjoy.Mitchell, who said she has been collecting the jars for around 30 years mentioned she began because she started seeing jars she found unique or interesting but it quickly became a full time hobby.“I started col...

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