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Posted on May 14, 2025

Selma 70 Opening Night and Panel Discussion

RCHS opens the Selma 70 exhibit with a panel discussion featuring pilgrims who attended the 50th anniversary of the Selma March in 2015 On April 24, 2025, RCHS hosted panelists Vanne Owens Hayes, Mark K. Boyd, and Otis Zanders as they shared their stories spanning the decades since the Civil…

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Gibbs

Posted on May 14, 2025

Happy Hour in the Apple Orchard

RCHS hosted a Happy Hour in the Apple Orchard on Friday, May 9, 2025 for our members. Sarah Morris serenaded guests with music as we welcomed spring to the farm and orchard.

Fellowships

Posted on April 17, 2025

Hmong Fellows

Fellows (clockwise from top left) Kalia Vue, Wone Vang, Linda Lor, and KaoLee Vang Ramsey County Historical Society and the Center for Hmong Studies are proud to announce the Hmong Fellowship program designed to preserve the Hmong heritage and culture along with inspire future generations of Hmong Americans to know…

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Posted on May 20, 2025

Parks & People Coloring Book Launch

Parks & People Coloring Book published by St. Paul Parks and Ramsey County Historical Society is available now! Saint Paul Parks Conservancy’s Parksgiving and book launch party On May 16th, 2025, RCHS joined Saint Paul Parks Conservancy in celebrating the 176th birthday of Saint Paul Parks. The Parks…

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Upcoming Events

History Revealed

May 22, 2025 | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM

History Revealed – Hmong Fellows

History Revealed – Hmong Fellows Presented by Ramsey County Historical Society and the Center for Hmong Studies Landmark Center, 75 West 5th Street, St. Paul, MN 55102 Suite 317 Thursday, May 22, 2025 6:00 PM-8:00 PM This event is sold out. Email us at [email protected] to…

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May 24, 2025 | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

Gibbs Farm Opening Day

Join us in Celebrating Rosebud the Goose’s 10th Birthday for Gibbs Farm Opening Day 2025! Saturday, May 24th, 2025; 10am-4pm Join us in Celebrating Rosebud the Goose’s 10th Birthday for Gibbs Farm Opening Day 2025! There will be historic site tours, live music from Light of the Moon, party games,…

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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.

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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).