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 event will be re-scheduled to later this year. Please watch this space for updates.** Which of your family stories, heirlooms and memories would you like to preserve? And what do you think future generations will appreciate knowing about you or your […]
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 […]
The lost history of Minnehaha Falls includes dance halls, secret saloons, wild behavior, lawsuits and whiskey. Join historian Karen Cooper for a 1 mile walk as she tours the places in Minnehaha Park where all this mayhem occurred a hundred years ago. […]