Hennepin History Museum is partnering with the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota to serve as a host for their 2023 Twin Cities Tweed Ride and Lawn Party on Saturday, October 7, from 10 am to 5 pm.
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, [...]
Join us for an afternoon of Tibetan music and dance, featuring collaborators from our current exhibit, Faraway Home: Tibetans in Minnesota. Musicians Phuntsok Dorjee, Tenzin Choesang, Ngawang Tashi, Tashi Nyima, Thupten Dadak, and Ngawang Yeshi will play music from the Himalayas on [...]
The gift of membership keeps on giving There's no better time to give the gift of knowledge and experiences than now - purchase a membership for family or friends and your contribution will be doubled thanks to a donor match! Member [...]
Cap off football season with this fun and informative look back at Minnesota’s first team in the National Football League: join author R.C. Christiansen as he shares fun and interesting stories from his latest work "Mill City Scrum", the definitive history of an early National Football League Franchise.
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.
Lori Sturdevant and Tom Sengupta will tell the remarkable story of Tom’s political forums in Prospect Park, then lead a forum with all assembled guests.
Members are invited to join HHM curator, Alyssa Thiede, for an intimate presentation and discussion on the development of our Hidden Gems exhibit and the local modern artists featured throughout.
Hennepin History Museum is proud to present this insightful and entertaining look into Hennepin County government as the latest program in the “All Politics is Local” series.
The history of Minnehaha Falls includes dance halls, secret saloons, wild behavior, lawsuits, and whiskey. Join us for a one-mile walk where the mayhem occurred: crooks, landowners, hoteliers, and saloon owners went to the Falls to turn a profit or to [...]
