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Featured Events

Pillsbury A Mill Tour

Mar 8 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Minneapolis

The Pillsbury A Mill, constructed in 1881, was once the largest and most advanced flour mill in the world. Go on a guided tour of the former milling complex, including the rooftop deck and the basement waterpower facilities.

Sat., Feb 29

Washburn A Mill Tour

Mill City Museum, Minneapolis

Tue., Mar 3

First Tuesdays/First Avenue: Women in Music Conversation with PaviElle French

Minnesota History Center, St. Paul

Sat., Mar 7

Strike! The Workers' Rights Tour

Mill City Museum, Minneapolis

Tue., Mar 10

World War II Round Table: Operation Varsity 75th Anniversary

Minnesota History Center, St. Paul

Tue., Mar 10

Music History Trivia

Minnesota History Center, St. Paul

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Featured Exhibits

Our Home Native Minnesota exhibit now on view.

First Avenue: Stories of Minnesota's Mainroom.

Prince: Before the Rain Exhibit, now on view.

Art from the edge of the Boreal Forest exhibit, now on view, James J Hill House.

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Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post books and gifts

The Our Home Native Minnesota exhibit is now on view at the Minnesota History Center. Shop books and gifts from the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post.

New from MNHS Press

Tourney Time

Seventy-five years of big names and memorable games—chronicling the highs and lows, the memories, and the legends from the Minnesota boys’ state high school tournament.

Featured MNopedia Article

Near North Community in Minneapolis

The Near North community of Minneapolis—made up of the neighborhoods of Harrison, Hawthorne, Jordan, Near North, Sumner-Glenwood, and Willard-Hay—has had a major African American presence since the early 1900s.

History Matters

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Advocate for history on Thursday, March 5, at History Matters Day at the Minnesota State Capitol.

MNHS Magazine

Peruse the e-edition

Flip through the digital version of our latest issue of the MNHS Programs & Events magazine.

Collections Item of the Day

Century Cycle

We close out Black History Month with an epic by one of our finest playwrights, August Wilson. This collection of Wilson's "Century Cycle" was published in 2007. The Cycle is 10 plays set between 1904 and 1997, with one play for each decade of the twentieth-century. This set consists of ten volumes issued in a single slipcase; each volume is bound in black cloth with a dust jacket.

Storied

Storied: Queer Voices

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, we asked some of the editors and contributors to the new MNHS Press book, "Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride" about what the LGBTQIA movement means to them.