Tessie Bundick was working on her PhD in theatre arts at the University of Minnesota in 1975. Her thesis topic focused on the first 10 years of costume design at the Guthrie Theatre: 1963 to 1972. Her work was about design [...]
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 [...]
Experience the history of the mayhem that occurred at Minnehaha Falls during the park's formation on this fun and fascinating one-mile walking tour.
Experience the history of the mayhem that occurred at Minnehaha Falls during the park's formation on this fun and fascinating one-mile walking tour.
Presenters from Mapping Prejudice and Our Streets Minneapolis share the destructive history of Olson Memorial Highway and how structural racism, from the use of racial covenants to public transportation, has created the ongoing inequities community members along the highway experience today.
Join us outside, on our HHM lawn, as we celebrate Juneteenth! Million Artist Movement, a global vision and movement that believes in the role of art in the campaign to dismantle oppressive racist systems against Black, Brown, Indigenous and disenfranchised peoples, will host a quilting event at Hennepin History Museum on Saturday, June 17th, from 1:00-3:00pm.
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 [...]
Join us to tour HHM’s beautiful neighborhood, which was once Minneapolis’ most prominent Victorian community. We’ll discuss the influential Minneapolis business titans who lived here such as the Morrisons, Washburns, and Pillsburys, their incredible mansions, and how the neighborhood has evolved from [...]
Members of the local Tibetan Ü-Tsang Dance Group will perform in traditional costumes, accompanied by traditional instruments.
Tibetan Buddhist Monks of the Tashi Kyil Monastery from India will create a mandala in honor of the Faraway Home exhibit at Hennepin History Museum.
