Local History News: April 1, 2026
Field Note Main Street Day at the Capitol 2026 was held at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul to support local community development and small...
Local History News: April Fools Edition
Field Note Judy Garland turned purple - Paint analysis at the Judy Garland Childhood Home determined that the original color was purple. MNHS staff...
Local History News: March 25, 2026
Field Note Local History Services staff were on hand for the opening of the exhibit “Nobles County: A Second Home for Immigrants,” at the Nobles...
Local History News: March 18, 2026
Field Note Grants and Local History Services staff took a break from the hard work of a site visit at Rock County Historical Society in Luverne on...
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...