Join the Minnesota Center for Book Arts for a free workshop on recipe cards! Recipe cards are a time-tested, excellent way to collect and share recipes. Peruse the exhibit and then print your own recipe card with staff from Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Bring a favorite recipe to copy down on one side of a provided recipe card. Then compose your recipe with wood type, ink and print on a press. Leave your recipe for someone else and take…

The free program is in partnership with MNHS Press and will feature Drew Ross in conversation with author Bill Lindeke, with time for questions from the audience, and book signing. Books will be available for purchase from the Museum Shop and for signing by both authors. Registration is recommended, but not required. If you're unable to attend, the event is also accessible virtually via Zoom: https://mnhs-org.zoom.us/j/82515728103

On July 4, 1825, a group of 52 Norwegians set sail from Stavanger on the ship Restauration to make the first organized migration from Norway to North America. Join us for a conversation reflecting on 200 years of organized Norwegian migration to North America with Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger, director of the Norwegian Emigrant Museum in Ottestad, Norway, and Annette Atkins, professor emerita at Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedict.

Join us quarterly at the Gale Family Library to get hands-on with rare books, archival collections, photographs, and more! This is a unique opportunity to experience the wide range of materials collected by MNHS, to chat with librarians about their favorite items, and to learn tips and tricks for utilizing our resources.

Join us for a 50th anniversary panel discussion exploring the legacy of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and her tragic sinking that claimed 29 lives on November 10, 1975.

Come see the Julia Child: A Recipe for Life exhibition at the Minnesota History Center and join Trivia Mafia for a night of Julia Child and culinary themed trivia to put your knowledge to the test. Fewer than eight people recommended per team, Beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase. Free Minnesota History Center admission and parking runs every Thursday from 4-8pm. Trivia will take place in the Heffelfinger Room on the first floor from 6:30-8pm.…

Join us for a special screening of Baking with Julia featuring “our Scandinavian Julia Child” as she demonstrates how to make a variety of Danish pastry pockets. The moderated conversation after the screening will feature Bea Ojakangas, along with stories about both Bea and Julia from Eleanor Ostman (former recipe columnist for the Pioneer Press), and Elaine Kumpula (Honorary Consul for Finland). Conversation will continue at the reception afterwards.

Join Alex Kershaw, author of Patton’s Prayer, as he shares the story of how General Patton ordered a chaplain to compose a prayer—both as a 1944 Christmas greeting to the Third Army and as a plea for better weather during a critical moment in World War II.

Join the Laurel School of Music for the free Rothchild Family Concert Series at the Minnesota History Center. Each concert features a unique program performed by members of the music school’s faculty. Don’t miss this chance to hear the series in the beautiful History Center Museum on select Thursday nights! The December concert features a gorgeous pairing of piano and viola. Osip Nikiforov (piano) and Daniel Orsen (viola) present an enchanting performance that blends the rich, resonant tones of the…

The free event will include a talk, Q&A session, and book signing. Books will be available for purchase. Registration is recommended, but not required. If you're unable to attend, the event is also accessible virtually via Zoom: https://mnhs-org.zoom.us/j/83044151814

Join St. Paul-based, multi-disciplinary artist, Dawn Wing as she debuts her visual poetry chapbook inspired by the fascinating life and legacy of Jun Fujita, a Japanese American poet-photographer and environmental advocate. Fujita’s presence in Minnesota contributed to the protection of what is now Voyageurs National Park. Dawn will discuss the impetus of her project, creative process and chronicles from the field: from traveling to Fujita’s birthplace in Hiroshima to his cabin on Rainy Lake, Minnesota. As an homage to Fujita’s…

Have a picnic by sculpting sheep's wool and a barbed needle! Learn about humankind's oldest fabric-making technique while snack-shaped cookie cutters guide the way as you play with shape and color. Come for the Julia Child: A Recipe for Life exhibition, then stay for the workshop! The drop-in workshop will take place on the third floor from 6-7:30 pm. Feel free to drop in for the entire 90 minutes, or for as little as fifteen minutes. Free Minnesota History Center…

Minnesota has the first enclosed mall (Southdale) and the largest mall in the U.S. (Mall of America). However, retail malls are facing tremendous challenges in the age of online shopping and with the comeback of mixed-use main street development. Join Thomas Fisher, professor at the University of Minnesota and the director of the Minnesota Design Center, for a talk focused on recounting the history of Minnesota's malls and a look ahead to what the future of our malls might look…

Join the Laurel School of Music for the Rothchild Family Concert Series at the Minnesota History Center. Each concert features a unique program performed by members of the music school’s faculty. Don’t miss this chance to hear the series in the beautiful History Center Museum on select Thursday nights. February's concert will feature the Paper Clips Trombone Quartet. The Paper Clips are a trombone quartet based in Minneapolis, MN, dedicated to connecting the threads of classical and contemporary music in…

Join award-winning architect, James Garrett Jr., for a uniquely Minnesota story of family, community, and Black architectural excellence. In this program, we’ll explore the lives, careers, and built works of two of Saint Paul’s most notable and notorious architects: James Garrett Jr. FAIA, NOMA (contemporary) and Clarence ‘Cap’ Wigington (historical). Featuring side-by-side comparisons of selected buildings and spaces designed by both architects, and augmented with family stories about the numerous ties that will forever bind them, James Garrett Jr. narrates…