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January 2025
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. Mary will dive into American Girl books from their (and perhaps your) childhood. Using their knowledge as a professional historian and finely tuned instincts as an amateur pop culture critic, they’ll take you back to a very different time - the 1990s. Bring your Minnesotan dolls Kirsten Larson (1986) and Lila Monetti (2024) - or just bring your questions - for what promises to be an…
Find out more »February 2025
Winter Lecture Series: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies
When the last glaciers turned Minnesota into a land of 10,000 lakes, they left behind soil that captured seeds blowing in the winds. Those seeds included what we today call native flowering forbs. Native plants co-exist with the pollinators they support. But they also ensure that we humans enjoy a varied food supply that would not exist without pollination. Learn how you can provide food and habitat for pollinators in your own backyard. Bonny Siegford, University of MN Itasca County…
Find out more »Snapshot Saturdays: WPA at Lindbergh Historic Site and Park
Every second Saturday of the month, October-April, the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum will host a virtual free, program on its Facebook page. Learn the history of the Works Progress Administration’s work at both our historic site, and the Lindbergh State Park! Speaker: Site Staff This is a virtual event that will be livestreamed on the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum Facebook page.
Find out more »Diversity and the Outdoors
Learn about the changing face of conservation and outdoor recreation in America with acclaimed Duluth-based author, photographer and advocate, Dudley Edmondson. In this thought-provoking talk, Edmondson, explores the intersection of race, representation and environmental stewardship. Drawing from his compelling book, People the Planet Needs Now, Edmondson shares powerful stories from Black and Brown scientists and activists whose lived experiences and groundbreaking work offer new perspectives on addressing the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. Join us for this inspiring…
Find out more »Winter Weekends at Wolf Ridge
This season, step away from the hustle and give yourself the gift of nature, discovery, and connection. Our 4 specialized workshops are the perfect way to recharge and embrace the beauty of winter. Your Winter Retreat Includes: Intro to Winter Explorations – Learn to navigate snowy landscapes and make the most of winter adventures. Winter Critters of the North Shore – Uncover the secrets of wildlife thriving in the cold. Winter Nature Art – Tap into your creativity with hands-on,…
Find out more »History Forum: Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Conversation of Ho-Chunk History & Survivance with Stephen Kantrowitz and Josie Lee
Join historian Stephen Kantrowitz and Josie Lee, Director of the Ho-Chunk Nation Museum & Cultural Center, for a conversation on Ho-Chunk history, land, and contemporary life. Together, they will speak about Kantrowitz’s new book Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of Nineteenth-Century United States and Lee’s work in promoting, sheltering, and preserving past, present, and future Ho-Chunk ways of life. Kantrowitz’s book reconsiders the Civil War and Reconstruction eras by centering the Ho-Chunk and their strategic navigation of…
Find out more »Winter Lecture Series: After the Burn
In late 2021, a wildfire burned more than 300 acres of island wilderness on Isle Royale National Park. Over the course of two summers, with support of the National Park Service, Matt Kania documented the visual scars of the wildfire in plein air oil paintings and conté crayon drawings. More than 30 original works capture the remarkable appearance of a burned landscape and an environment in varying stages of recovery. Matt will share a digital presentation of his original works,…
Find out more »Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: MN African American History
Historic Fort Snelling is screening Juneteenth Reckoning With Slavery: MN African American History. Join us to watch this 40-minute film with a Q&A session to follow. Co-produced by OMG Studios and the Minnesota Humanities Center, this documentary challenges our understanding of slavery, its impact on Minnesota, and how we reconcile our past by taking viewers on a present-day journey to Ghana, to the quarters of Harriet and Dred Scott, and into conversations with current and future scholars. The film features…
Find out more »History Matters Day at the Capitol
History Matters Day at the Capitol provides an opportunity to share the work of MNHS and other history partners and to encourage advocates to meet with their legislators to urge them to provide state funding to preserve history.
Find out more »March 2025
Winter Lecture Series: The Wood and Canvas Canoe
The canoe is the perfect vehicle to navigate northern Minnesota’s lakes and streams. The dugout canoe was replaced by the lighter cedar and birch bark canoe, and when the wood and canvas canoe-building method was developed in Maine in the 1870s, it became the dominant canoe construction method. Unlike the cedar and birch bark canoes, the wood and canvas canoe could be built in factories, and quickly overtook the various methods of lapped plank canoes that were being built in…
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