Heritage Preservation

Local History News

Local History News: March 27, 2024

Field Note Local History Services and Capital Planning & Management staff received a tour of the International Masonry Institute’s facilities in New...

Local History News: March 20, 2024

Field Note State History Services Manager Todd Mahon presented to the board and members of the History Center of Olmsted County in Rochester on...

Local History News: March 13, 2024

Field Note The recently formed Central Minnesota Regional History Group met on January 8 at the Mille Lacs County Historical Society’s depot museum...

Table set up at the State Capitol with Grants information panel on table. For people standing behind table

Local History News: March 6, 2024

Field Note Our participation at the History Matters Day at the Capitol event provided a valuable opportunity to showcase the work of Local History...

Local History News: February 28, 2024

Field Note Grants Office and Local History Services Staff met with a potential grant applicant to advise on the preservation of historic stained...

Local History News: February 21, 2024

Field Note MNHS staff visited the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud, MN, on Friday, February 16 to check on the progress of a project to update and...

Local History News: February 14, 2024

Field Note Staff from Local History Services and the Grants Office gathered for their twice monthly department meeting both in-person and online for...

Local History News: February 7, 2024

Field Note Local History Services staff were at the Hmong Museum's new space attending the opening of their latest exhibit, titled "Our Place in...

Local History News: January 31, 2024

Field Note Participants from the Minnesota Alliance for Local History Museums and the Minnesota Alliance for Heritage Response teamed up at the...

Local History News: January 24, 2024

Field Note Partners with the We Are Water MN project received a tour of the museum at Hoċokata Ṫi, The Shakopee Mdwakanton Sioux Community’s (SMSC)...

Local History News: January 17, 2024

Field Note Heritage Preservation, Planning, and Outreach staff conducted a site visit for a grant-funded project to perform conservation work on an...

Local History News: January 10, 2024

Field Note During a 2023 visit, staff from the Northfield Historical Society toured the archive storage areas of the Minnesota History Center in St....