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Local History News

Local History News: October 23, 2024

Field Note Photo: Minnesota's Historic Northwest. On Monday, October 14, Minnesota's Historic Northwest met at the East Polk Heritage Center in...

Local History News: October 16, 2024

Field Note On September 12, Local History Services visited the historic 1883 Todd County Courthouse in Long Prairie, MN, to see the progress on the...

Local History News: October 9, 2024

Field Note On September 23, MNHS staff and members of the MNHS Executive, Emeritus, and Honorary councils participated in a bus trip to the Folsom...

Local History News: October 2, 2024

Field Note Staff from Local History Services recently toured and provided general Grants guidance at Scottish Rite Temple. Built in 1894 by Warren H....

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...