Heritage Preservation

Local History News

Local History News: February 15, 2023

Field Note On Wednesday, January 25, Kent Whitworth (Executive Director and CEO), Avi Viswanathan (Director of Community Engagement), and David...

Local History News: February 8, 2023

Field Note Staff was in Duluth, MN at the historic St. Louis County Jail for a site visit to review the restoration of the 90 historic windows,...

Local History News: February 1, 2023

Field Note Staff was out in Northfield, MN for a site visit at St. Olaf College for a cataloging project that focuses on four collections about the...

Local History News: January 25, 2023

Field Note On Saturday, January 21, 2023, the Dakota County Historical Society held its annual meeting which also celebrated the reopening of the...

Local History News: January 18, 2023

Field Note On January 12, 2023, Heritage Preservation, Planning, and Outreach participated in a meeting of Minnesota local history organizations'...

Local History News: January 11, 2023

Field Note During a recent visit to the Minnesota Air National Guard Museum (MNANG) located at Minneapolis–Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station,...

Local History News: December 21, 2022

Field Note Employees from the company that installed the fire suppression system in the collections storage area of the Afton Historical Museum, gave...

Local History News: December 14, 2022

Field Note On December 8, staff from MNHS' Heritage Preservation, Planning, & Outreach (HPPO) was in attendance as the Hmong Cultural Center...

Local History News: December 7, 2022

Field Note Staff was out in Sacred Heart, MN doing a site visit of the Hotel Sacred Heart to review masonry and other work done using Minnesota...

Five people standing in driveway of  Turnblad Mansion. Many of  the mansion's windows are boarded up. Scaffolding is off to the right of the photo.

Local History News: November 30, 2022

Field Note We were out in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis for a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant site visit at the American...

Woman standing on boulevard holding video camera with camera tripod in front of her.  Next to her is black cast aluminum historical marker.

Local History News: November 23, 2022

Field Note Program Specialist for Digital Projects, Emilee Dehmer, was out in front of the James J. Hill house filming Tom Braun, Senior Objects...

Local History News: November 16, 2022

Field Note Staff from the Native American Initiatives and Heritage Preservation, Planning, and Outreach departments of the Minnesota Historical...