mn150 OPENS OCT. 13

Visit the MN150 exhibit at the Minnesota History Center and experience the people, places and things that helped shape our great state. Like one of our most influential leaders - Hubert H. Humphrey and everyone's favorite - Paul Bunyan.

While you're here, take the interactive quiz and see just how gosh darn Minnesota-smart you are. It's a smorgasbord of iconic proportions!

Be among the first to see our newest exhibit at the Opening Celebration, Oct. 11, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Meet the nominators and nominees who inspired this exhibit, get your photo taken in a giant postcard, sing happy birthday to Minnesota and eat cake, and listen to music by the Hall Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Butch Thompson. Minnesota 150 author Kate Roberts will sign books and Tim Russell of "Prairie Home Companion" will emcee and introduce other surprise guests.

MN150 launches the 2008 celebration of 150 years of Minnesota statehood.

CLOSING SOON

Hurry in! It's the final days for the Minnesota History Center exhibit Sounds Good to Me: Music in Minnesota. See Prince's Purple Rain costume, remix your own version of Minnesotan Steven Greenberg's 1980 disco hit "Funkytown," listen as Garrison Keillor describes what it's like to be a radio personality and learn the hottest dance steps from the past in a recreation of St. Paul's legendary Prom Ballroom. To invite a friend to check it out, send an eCard. This exhibit closes Oct. 14.

Don't miss the final days of Daniel Corrigan Music Photography: The Analog Years on display through Oct. 14 at Mill City Museum. See more than 3,000 photographs of Minnesota musicians and national rock n' rollers. Presented in cooperation with the Minnesota Center for Photography.

HALLOWEEN HAUNTS

Visit a Minnesota Historical Society site or museum to enjoy everything that makes the season special – spooky Halloween activities for all ages, celebrations of harvest bounty and traditions marking the coming of fall, including:

1. The Minneapolis Horror at Mill City Museum
2. Shadows and Spirits of the Capitol
3. Victorian Ghost Stories at the James J. Hill House
4. Mrs. Ramsey's Attic at the Alexander Ramsey House
5. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Oliver H. Kelley Farm
6. Mystery at the Fur Post at the North West Company Fur Post
   

AT THE MOVIES WITH

View the entries for this years 2007 Moving Pictures Film Festival on Oct. 21 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Minnesota History Center. Hear from the filmmakers and vote for your favorite film.

At 7 p.m., head to the Riverview Theatre in Minneapolis to see the five winning films, and find out if your choice won the audience award. See above for "A Special Discount Just for You!" for online ticket purchases to The Best of Moving Pictures on Oct. 23, part of our new Past Forward series, Tuesday nights at the History Center.

CONSERVATION HONORS

The book Caring For American Indian Objects, edited by the Society's Conservation Manager, Sherelyn Ogden, is one of 21 books chosen to be part of the Institute of Museum and Library Services new preservation program "Connecting to Collections." The books will be distributed to museums, libraries and archives nationwide for conservation reference.

PARTING SHOT

Real: Artists and Landscapes. Photographs of self-taught artists in and around the landscape of Minnesota and their artwork, a project by photographer and curator Vance Gellert.

On display Oct. 25 through Jan. 28 at the History Center.