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Julia Child: A Recipe for Life

Coming to the Minnesota History Center

September 27, 2025 - May 31, 2026

Ticket price includes admission to all Minnesota History Center exhibits. MNHS Members get in free.

Step into the life of Julia Child—a culinary icon who transformed American food culture with passion, persistence, and an irresistible love of learning, laughter, and butter.

Discover how Julia Child transformed American cooking with wit, warmth, and perseverance. This immersive exhibition follows her journey from California childhood to French adventures, bestselling cookbooks, and groundbreaking television. Personal objects, multimedia experiences, and interactive components reveal the woman behind the whisk—curious, tenacious, joyful, and always authentically herself.

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Minnesota Cooks: Small Bites from the Collections

There’s more to cookbooks than just recipes—they reflect the traditions, values, and personalities of the people who created them.

With vintage cookbooks from the Minnesota Historical Society’s collection and vintage ephemera, this exclusive section offers a glimpse into the traditions, values, and personalities that were a part of Minnesota’s culinary past.

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From heirloom recipes to modern interpretations, Minnesota Historical Society Press offers a delicious selection of books that celebrate the culture, stories, and traditions of cooking.

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 Julia Child: A Recipe for Life  is a traveling exhibition produced and toured internationally by Flying Fish, in collaboration with the Napa Valley Museum, under rights granted by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts and The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, and generously sponsored by Oceania Cruises.

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Funding provided by the State of Minnesota's Legacy Amendment, through the vote of Minnesotans on Nov. 4, 2008, and our generous donors and members.

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