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Local History News

Local History News: September 25, 2024

Field Note It was a sunny yet cool Autumn Equinox day, and the Minnesota Historical Society was out with the Stearns History Museum at St. Cloud...

Local History News: September 11, 2024

Field Note Local History Service's Outreach Conservator, Megan Brakob Narvey, presented "Saving Your Stuff: how to care for art, heirlooms, and...

Local History News: September 4, 2024

Field Note It was a very windy Duluth Superior Pride with the St. Louis County Historical Society. Staff spent time talking about the importance and...

Local History News: August 28, 2024

Field Note On August 1, Local History Services staff met with the Morristown Historical Society and the Rice County Historical Society to see the...

Local History News: August 21, 2024

Field Note MNHS' Grants Office was out at Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center, MN for a Grant Information Session on the new grant program,...

Local History News: August 14, 2024

Field Note On Saturday, August 10, the Minnesota Historical Society along with the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, attended the...

Local History News: August 7, 2024

Field Note Local History Services staff was at the grand reopening of the City of Plymouth History Center. The museum underwent a remarkable...

Local History News: July 31, 2024

Field Note MNHS staff from the Grants Office and Local History Services conducted a site visit on July 25, 2024 to the historic Sandstone School in...

Local History News: July 25, 2024

Field Note MNHS Local History Services recently checked the progress of the Hull Rehabilitation on the 1906 Steamboat "Minnehaha," part of the former...

Local History News: July 17, 2024

Field Note On April 19, Local History Services and Grants Office staff visited with staff and board of the North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl...

Local History News: July 10, 2024

Field Note Staff and volunteers with Gammelgården Museum of Scandia received assistance from MNHS Local History Services and the Minnesota Alliance...

People standing and sitting around a large table in a depot museum.

Local History News: July 3, 2024

Field Note On June 18, over 20 staff, board members, and volunteers gathered at the Bulwer Junction Depot for a Ramsey County History Network...