Events

Thursday, October 17

History Hijinx: MEA Week

Join us for MEA week at the Minnesota History Center.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Girlhood (It's complicated) Book Club

Join us for a series of book clubs featuring Minnesota authors who write books about girls.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Friday, October 18

History Hijinx: MEA Week

Join us for MEA week at the Minnesota History Center.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Thursday, October 24

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Sunday, October 27

"Duluth for Mandela: A Northland Celebration" Film Screening

Join us for the Twin Cities premiere screening of Duluth for Mandela: A Northland Celebration at the Minnesota History Center.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Music, Films, Performances

Thursday, October 31

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Friday, November 1

Ask a Conservator Day

Curious to learn how to preserve your prized possessions? Want to know what a conservator does day-to-day? You’re in luck; November 1 is Ask A Conservator Day!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul

Thursday, November 7

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

"Bad River" Film Screening

Join us for a film screening of Bad River at the Minnesota History Center on November 7.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Music, Films, Performances

Saturday, November 9

They Would Not Be Moved

North Star Voices
Join historian Bruce White as he discusses his new book.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks

Thursday, November 14

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Saturday, November 16

Workers, Nature, & Environmental Conflict in Pacific Northwest Timber Country

History Forum
A timely conversation with important insights into the growing cultural and political rifts around land, natural resources, and labor.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks

Thursday, November 21

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Thursday, December 5

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Zines Workshop

Join Curiosity Studio for a free workshop on zines!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Classes & Workshops

Saturday, December 7

Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

History Forum
World War II history as you’ve likely never heard it before
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks

Thursday, December 12

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Thursday, December 19

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Thursday, December 26

Free Thursday Nights at the History Center

Visit the Minnesota History Center on a Thursday night from 4 pm-8 pm, and get FREE admission and parking!
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Family

Saturday, January 4

The Experimental City

North Star Voices
Join us for a free screening of The Experimental City on Saturday, January 4.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks

Saturday, January 11

The Girls Who Desegregated America’s Schools

History Forum
A new history of school desegregation in America showing how Black girls led the fight for interracial education
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks

Saturday, January 25

Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl

Join Mary Mahoney for a talk about the wild world of American Girl fandom.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks

Saturday, February 15

Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Conversation of Ho-Chunk History & Survivance

History Forum
Learn how the Ho-Chunk have been central to Civil War-era history and the upper Midwest, past and present
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks

Thursday, February 20

Red Stained: The Life of Hilda Simms

Join Jokeda “JoJo” Bell for a Black History Month program about Black actress and activist Hilda Simms.
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Minnesota History Center, St. Paul
  • Lectures & Talks