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Posted on December 19, 2024

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…

Gibbs Farm Offers Winter PeeWee Camp

New for 2025! Winter PeeWee Sessions! 9:30am-11:30am on Wednesdays Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun! Gibbs Farm staff will lead campers through adventures…

2024 Pathways Gala

A heartfelt thanks to everyone that joined us at our third annual Pathways Gala to benefit Gibbs Farm. This year’s event took place at the History and Heritage Building on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. We raised over $37,000 amongst the 130 guests that attended.

Upcoming Events

January 15, 2025 | 9:30 AM–11:30 AM

Winter PeeWees: Winter On the Prairie

Explore Gibbs Farm’s restored prairie in its winter form! Register for Winter PeeWees 9:30am-11:30am on Wednesdays These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun! Gibbs Farm staff will lead campers through adventures in topics relating…

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January 18, 2025 | 11:00 AM–1:45 PM

Dried Orange Ornaments- Family Friendly!

Family friendly crafting to brighten up your winter! We have already sliced and dried the oranges so you get to do the fun part! Design your own simple ornaments using the orange slices and wooden beads. We have two session to choose from! Register Here Winter…

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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).