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Publishing quality books, magazine articles, podcasts, and special projects
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Research Collections documenting the history of Ramsey County and Saint Paul
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View the Highlands to Home – The Hmong Journey to Ramsey County Exhibit
Highlands to Home exhibit opening – 6/25/2026 – Landmark Center
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Tuesday Volunteer Days 2026
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Highlands to Home - The Hmong Journey to Ramsey County
Through personal stories, photographs, cultural objects, and community voices, Highlands to Home explores the journeys of Hmong families who established new roots in Minnesota. Celebrating traditions, perseverance, and cultural continuity, it highlights the many ways Hmong communities have contributed to and transformed the region’s cultural fabric. Visitors are invited to reflect on themes of belonging, identity, and community while honoring a legacy that continues to shape Minnesota today.
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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).
Volunteer at Gibbs Farm
From helping care for our animals to gardening to building picnic tables and more, there is always plenty to do at Gibbs Farm!
Volunteer in Collections
Volunteers in our Collections Department help digitize photographs and catalog new collections items.
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