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Did you know Hennepin History Museum has it's own YouTube Channel?

You will find nearly 50 videos on interesting local history topics! Click to check it out.
In Memoriam: Residents of Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery

Learn about the remarkable people buried at the oldest cemetery in Minneapolis.
Foshay! A New Musical Reading

Don't miss this musical look back at the history of the man who built the Foshay Tower.
Circle of Water: Puppetry As An Agent of Change

50 puppets from 1983 production by In The Heart of The Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre.
Five Years Later: In Honor of George Floyd

Newly added artwork; showing extended through end of year.
Winston: A Woman's Fight for Freedom in Minnesota

Learn about the first and only enslaved person to gain their freedom in a Minnesota courtroom.

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Programs & Events

Hennepin History Museum is Part of Dayton’s Holiday Market Again this Year!

November 13 - December 27

Foshay! A New Musical Reading

November 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CST

On Exhibit

Circle of Water: Puppetry As An Agent of Changebeckarahn2025-09-17T11:05:25-05:00

Circle of Water: Puppetry As An Agent of Change

Main Floor Gallery

An Introduction to Hennepin Countybeckarahn2021-02-01T18:10:10-06:00

Outline of Hennepin County

An Introduction to Hennepin County

Winston: A Woman’s Fight for Freedom in Minnesotabeckarahn2025-10-03T16:37:34-05:00

Winston: A Woman’s Fight for Freedom in Minnesota

In Memoriam: Residents of Pioneers & Soldiers CemeteryAudra Johnson2025-10-28T15:10:01-05:00

In Memoriam: Residents of Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery

Five Years Later: In Honor of George FloydAudra Johnson2025-09-25T15:20:38-05:00

Five Years Later: In Honor of George Floyd

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Black and white photo of two white men holding weathervane.

The Legend of the Angel Gabriel Weathervane

Page 1 of Winslow House Register

Winslow House Register Goes Digital

Partial mask-making instructions

A Love for Making

Meeting the Moment

Win, Place, or Short lived

Seeing the Unseen: What a Nightgown Says About Civil Rights

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