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The Minnesota Historical Society operates 31 historic sites and museums, 26 of which are open to the public. MNHS manages 16 sites directly and 7 in partnerships where the society maintains the resources and provides funding. 6 sites are being held for preservation but are closed to public access, and five are self-guided sites with interpretive signage.
Roughly bounded by Western, Westleigh, Lake Michigan, and N city limits, Lake Forest, Illinois Coordinates 42°15′03″N 87°49′40″W / 42.25083°N 87.82778°W / 42.25083; -87
The Snake River Trading Post is a reconstructed fur trade post on the Snake River west of Pine City, Minnesota, United States.The post was established in the fall of 1804 by John Sayer, a partner in the North West Company, and built by his crew of voyageurs.
The Minnesota History Center is one of the 26 Minnesota Historical Society sites and is home to the Minnesota Historical Society headquarters, the Society's collections, an expansive library, and 44,000 square feet (4,100 m 2) of museum gallery space. The museum showcases interactive in-house-developed and traveling exhibits, as well as ...
The Visitor Center is the entrances to the site. The building includes multimedia forestry exhibits of the earliest recorded history to modern times, has sensory displays for children, a small theater showing "Fire in the Forest" (a film about the 1918 Cloquet and Moose Lake fire), and a museum store. [1]
The Alexander Ramsey House is a historic house museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States; the former residence of Alexander Ramsey, who served as the first governor of Minnesota Territory and the second governor of the state of Minnesota.
Mill City Museum is located in the ruins of the Washburn "A" Mill next to Mill Ruins Park on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.The museum, an entity of the Minnesota Historical Society that opened in 2003, focuses on the founding and growth of Minneapolis, especially flour milling and the other industries that used hydropower from Saint Anthony Falls.
Fort Ridgely State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the Minnesota River south of Fairfax.It preserves Fort Ridgely, site of the Battle of Fort Ridgely during the Dakota War of 1862.