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.
Learn about the change of the Museum's beautiful neighborhood over time from a center of activity for Minneapolis' powerful nineteenth century families to a crossroads of arts, culture, social services, and multi-cultural neighbors today. Led by HHM staff members. The tour will begin and [...]
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 raise [...]
