Featured event
Valentine's Day Tour
Sat., Feb 11, 2023, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Join us at James J. Hill House and hear stories of love, courtship, romance, and marriage from both the Hill family and their domestic employees.
Featured offerings
Vote for Mill City Museum
The museum is among 20 nominated for a USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award in the category of best history museum. You can vote online once per day until the contest ends on February 13.
History Matters Advocacy Day
Speak up for history during History Matters Advocacy Day on Monday, March 6, 2023. The 2023 legislative session will be an important year for funding history initiatives.
Shop
Shop for books and gifts relating to Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition.
Research your family history
Research your family's history online with our digital resources.
From Fort Snelling to Tuskegee Airman
This series is about Dr. Harold H. Brown, a native of North Minneapolis who started his military career at Historic Fort Snelling and became a member of the elite Tuskegee Airmen who fought in WWII.
Toastmaster (bread toaster)
From MNopedia: Motivated by his desire for a reliable cafeteria breakfast at the Stillwater, Minnesota, factory where he worked, Charles P. Strite designed an innovative pop-up bread toaster in 1919.
Classroom-ready resources
Online and low-tech educational resources to support Minnesota's teachers and students.
History is Now
We are living in a historic moment. Together, Minnesotans and MNHS are capturing and sharing history in real time. Join us in creating conversations that lead to real connection, deeper reflection, new questions, and purposeful action.
Field trips
Connect your students with history on a field trip to a MNHS historic site or museum. Scholarships and subsidies are available to offset transportation and admission costs.
True North Cabin Cookbook
New from MNHS Press: Celebrate life in the northland with seasonal foods and cherished stories, as recipes and personal recollections transport readers to a lakeside cabin in the north woods.
Fund the Patrick Coleman Chair
Help endow our curatorial position for the acquisition and preservation of books and printed materials, and honor Patrick Coleman's legacy.
