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Posted on January 21, 2025

RCHS Welcomes Andrea Swensson, Editor

RCHS Welcomes Andrea Swensson, Editor Please join us in welcoming Andrea Swensson as Ramsey County Historical Society’s new editor. Andrea will be the fourth editor in this role of the entire history of publications for RCHS. She has a very tenured background in journalism – serving as music editor…

St. Paul Building Permit Collection (1883-1975) – Now Online!

RCHS is thrilled to offer online access to the St. Paul Building Permit Collection Thanks to grant awards over the past 3 years , RCHS contracted Documents 2 Disc, Inc. to digitize the 350,000 St. Paul building permits (1883-1975). With the Schneider Geospatial Beacon system and a private funder, RCHS…

Ramsey County Historical Society and Center for Hmong Studies Fellowship

Ramsey County Historical Society and the Center for Hmong Studies are pleased to announce the four participants for our inaugural cohort of fellows in the Hmong Community Fellowship Program for the Preservation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage. Each fellow brings a dynamic background to the work they will be…

Upcoming Events

February 27, 2025 | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM

History Revealed – USS Indianapolis

History Revealed – USS Indianapolis with Ron Duffy Presented by Ramsey County Historical Society Thursday, February 27th 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Free virtual event, registration is required Register Here Join Ron Duffy as he shares the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945 during…

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March 5, 2025 | 5:30 PM–7:30 PM

Pressed Flower Cards-Family Friendly

Our last pressed flower craft of the season! Use simple pasting techniques, high-quality paper and flowers from Gibbs to design and decorate a set of pressed flower cards as we wait patiently for spring blooms. Register Here This event is great for all ages and skill…

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Exhibition

March of the Governors

March 2023-Mid-June 2024
RCHS Gallery, Landmark Center First Floor
75 Fifth Street West, Saint Paul MN 55102

In conjunction with the monthly “March of the Governors” podcast series, an exhibition in the RCHS Gallery at Landmark Center provides brief snapshots of Minnesota’s forty-one governors during their terms in office. Eight to ten panels at a time will be installed that will tell a brief snapshot of each governor’s life. The panels will rotate every 3 months. There’s far more to each of their stories, both positive and negative, we hope you will be inspired to learn more.

The third installation which is currently on view, includes:

Special thanks to each of the podcast presenters, host Paul Nelson and podcast producers Don Lee and Bob Ernt.

March of the Governors Podcasts

Donate Artifacts

Virtually all of the 4.5 million documents, photographs, artifacts, and other items that make up our collections have been donated to RCHS. If you have pieces of Ramsey County history gathering dust in your basement, consider donating them to RCHS. Please contact Curator Mollie Spillman to donate artifacts, photographs or documents. RCHS Curator Mollie Spillman (L) donating an oral history collection to the University of Minnesota's Tretter Collection through Tretter Curator Lisa Vecoli (R).