Research Tools
The Gale Family Library provides resources and tools for distance and on-site research.
The MNHS library and archives catalog searches books, archival collections, maps, newspapers, and much more.
Search for photographs, three-dimensional and archaeological objects, artwork, oral histories, moving images, maps, and more.
A useful starting point for genealogists. Searches birth, death, state census, veterans’ grave, and Gold Star Roll records.
Finding aids are under maintenance and may be temporarily unavailable throughout the month of July. Click here for other ways we can help.
Geographically and culturally diverse Minnesota newspapers published between 1856 and today. Due to copyright law, most newspapers published after 1922 can be accessed only from the Gale Family Library at the Minnesota History Center.
Minnesota History magazine provides history lovers with intriguing stories about Minnesota’s past in full-color, richly illustrated print and digital formats.
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