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 Take a crack at balancing the state budget on Minnesota Public Radio’s 2005 Budget Balancer.
With a projected $466 million shortfall this year, the 2005 Budget Balancer lets you decide how to spend taxpayers' money and raise funds. Grapple with the difficult social and political trade-offs involved in balancing the budget. Then, send your budget to state legislators.
 Ramsey House Summer Day Camp
In the late 1800s, the Ramsey grandchildren had a custom-made doll house and the latest fashions. Today’s children, ages 7 to 11, can see what it was like to grow up at that time. They’ll try on Victorian-style clothes, bake cookies in a wood-burning stove, make a scrapbook, improve their etiquette and more. July 11 – 15. Registration and additional information.
Little House in the Big Fort Day Camp
If you know girls who read and loved the “Little House” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, sign them up for this camp! Girls who have completed grades 2 – 6 can attend camp at Historic Fort Snelling, where they’ll sing the songs, play the games, and make the food and crafts that Wilder learned while growing up on the western frontier. July 25 – 29. Registration and additional information.
Known as the “Minnesota Party Tape,” this original Bob Dylan recording features a legendary impromptu performance at a Minneapolis apartment in 1960. It’s now available to the public for the first time at the library in the Minnesota History Center. Hear 12 tunes including Blues Yodel No. 8 and Come See Jerusalem.
 The 2005 Legislature is considering a proposal that would help owners of historic buildings preserve these important structures. By providing financial incentives for rehabilitation, the legislation would encourage private investment in historic properties throughout Minnesota, generating jobs and economic development within existing communities.
The Society received a $264,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to explore the preservation of e-legislation records. Launching in late April, the project will investigate and test the technologies available to preserve the electronic records of the Minnesota legislature.
“I’ve always liked this 1954 photograph – one of the key images for the Society’s ‘Minnesota's Greatest Generation’ project,” says curator Brian Horrigan. “Maybe it’s because it feels so oddball and even menacing, but at the same time very ordinary. Or maybe it’s because that kid on the left could easily have been me!” Browse more than 117,000 additional historic images.
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