Local History News: March 11, 2026
Field Note On March 5, advocates from across Minnesota gathered at the State Capitol for History Matters Day, to urge legislators to invest in...
Local History News: March 4, 2026
Field Note MNHS staff visited the Wakan Tipi Center in St. Paul to review exhibit fabrication funded by the Minnesota Historical and Cultural...
Local History News: February 25, 2026
Field Note Christ Church Lutheran, a National Historic Landmark since 2009 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, hosted MNHS staff,...
Local History News: February 18, 2026
Field Note MNHS staff visited Pickwick Mill, a six-story stone flour mill built between 1856 and 1858 and listed in the National Register of Historic...
Local History News: February 11, 2026
Field Note MNHS staff met with archivists from the Hennepin County Library’s Special Collections to receive an update on the progress of a...
Local History News: February 4, 2026
Field Note MNHS staff visited the Germanic-American Institute’s historic Gardner House on St. Paul’s Summit Avenue to review recent accessibility...
Local History News: January 28, 2026
Field Note Minnesota Historical Society staff members conducted a site visit to the First National Bank of Adams building in Adams as part of the...
Local History News: January 21, 2026
Field Note Last week, staff from MNHS Grants Office and Local History Services toured the National Register-listed Gust Akerlund Photography Studio...
Local History News: January 14, 2026
Field Note Staff and interns from the Northfield Historical Society toured the collections storage areas at the Minnesota History Center on Tuesday,...
Local History News: January 7, 2026
Field Note Our apologies, but after a two-week holiday break, the Local History News is facing some illness. We hope to be back next week.
Local History News: December 17, 2025
Field Note Members of the West Central Minnesota Historical Association met on October 13 at the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum in Tracy, MN. 15...
Local History News: December 10, 2025
Field Note MNHS staff visited with staff and faculty at the Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Memorial Library to check in on the progress of a...