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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 ...
Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota) Central Presbyterian Church (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Charles Thompson Memorial Hall; Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill; Church of St. Agnes (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Church of St. Bernard (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Church of St. Casimir (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Church of the Assumption (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
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.
In Memorial Hall, the white marble floor contrasts with three-story black marble piers that lead to a gold-leaf ceiling. At the end of the hall stands the 60-ton, 38 feet (11.6 m) white onyx sculpture Indian God of Peace by Carl Milles, later renamed Vision of Peace. [4]
The Vision of Peace is a statue in the three-story memorial concourse lobby along the Fourth Street entrance of the Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The memorial to the Minnesota 20th-century war dead was created by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, who named it Indian God of Peace.
The James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, was built by railroad magnate James J. Hill. The house, completed in 1891, is near the eastern end of Summit Avenue near the Cathedral of Saint Paul. The house, for its time, was very large and was the "showcase of St. Paul" until James J. Hill's death in 1916. [1]
Paul's C.S.P.S. Hall is the oldest Czech-Slovak Hall in the United States, as well as the oldest theater and national hall in the State of Minnesota. In 1977 it was declared a National and State Historic Site and placed on the National Register of Historic Sites as Building #77000763.
Charles Thompson Memorial Hall is a historic clubhouse of Deaf culture in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Built in 1916, it was the first social club in the nation designed exclusively for the deaf.