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...
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...