Join us and author Chad Montrie for an evening of discussion on the launch of his new book Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota. An examination of White Minnesotans’ efforts to exclude African Americans from local communities, [...]
Join us for "a little raucous" publication celebration for Karen E. Cooper's new book, When Minnehaha Flowed with Whiskey: A Spirited History of the Falls. Her book examines the lost history of Minnehaha Falls—featuring dance halls, secret saloons, wild behavior, lawsuits, [...]
Hennepin History Museum is pleased to host Peg Meier, longtime and award-winning reporter for the StarTribune, for a talk about the recently released new edition of her beloved book Bring Warm Clothes: Letters and Photos from Minnesota’s Past. Meier’s classic work uses vintage photographs, [...]
Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and author Samuel Freedman discuss Mayor Hubert Humphrey’s enduring legacy in Minneapolis, and how our collective experience in the ensuing decades culminated in the city’s new reckoning after the death of George Floyd.
