The construction of Olson Memorial Highway, Minneapolis’s “first Superhighway,” devastated a thriving Black and Jewish cultural corridor along 6th Avenue N, in a pattern often repeated across the country. Before the project began in the 1930s, this bustling neighborhood included dozens of [...]
We invite teens and young adults to join local artist, Zamara Cuyún, for an art workshop centering on self identity. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in conversations and reflect on the intersections of identity and place. Ultimately, each participant will [...]
Come celebrate this exciting new exhibit with us at the museum. The start of the 2021-2022 school year marked the 50th anniversary of the pairing of Hale and Field Elementary in South Minneapolis. This controversial initiative to combat racial segregation in the [...]
Memorialize the Movement's (MTM) Justice for George: Our Strength, Our Story exhibition is a community event that displays the protest murals from the Minneapolis uprisings of 2020, highlights Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) artists, speakers, and performers, and brings the [...]
Special HHM Member Event Join Hennepin History Museum as we continue to explore the theme of local horticultural history that has shaped our region. Learn about local gardening clubs from members of the Richfield Garden Club Council over light refreshments and watch [...]
This walking tour explores the city's growth from flour millers to "cake eaters," how one of the first planned suburban neighborhoods in the United States helped transition an agricultural settlement to a community synonymous with wealth. We'll discuss African American berry farmer [...]
Street art and graffiti has become more common and visible throughout the Twin Cities in the past two years. Public art projects such as the LynLake Street Art Series and the George Floyd Global Memorial have brought more visibility to street art [...]
Join the Friends of the Institute, an organization of members dedicated to supporting our neighbor, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, for a centennial anniversary reception at the Hennepin History Museum, home of The Friends' first president, Carolyn McKnight Christian. Featuring wine and [...]
This virtual presentation shows how to use censuses, directories, newspapers, death and marriage records to solve genealogy puzzles. Illustrates how to locate information on Ancestry, FamilySearch, Moms (MN marriage records), MNHS death records, MN City Directories, Find-a-grave. Some genealogy research is particularly [...]
This year marks the Centennial Anniversary of the Friends of the Institute, an organization of members dedicated to supporting our neighbor, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Plan on attending a special version of our popular Washburn Fair Oaks walking tour to [...]
