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  • Dakota Camp – Sold out

    July 13th – 15th; 9am-1pm For Campers 6-10 Learn about Minnesota’s first people, the Dakota, past & present, in this unique camp!  Developed with Dakota partners, including instructors from University […]

  • PeeWees: Ducks, Geese, and Chickens…Oh My! – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • PeeWees: One-room Schoolhouse – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff […]

  • Life of a Gibbs Girl Camp – Sold Out

    July 20th – 22nd; 9am-1pm For Campers 6-10 What would it be like to be a girl in 19th century Minnesota?  Experience the differences and similarities between life today and […]

  • PeeWees: Pioneer Chores – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff […]

  • Kids on the Farm – Sold Out

    July 27th – 29th; 9am-1pm For Campers 6-10 Travel back in time to the mid-1800s and live like an early Minnesota farm kid! Go to school in a one-room schoolhouse, […]

  • PeeWees: All About Sheep

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • PeeWees: Tipi Life & Buffalo Nation – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • Minnesota Time Travel Camp – Sold Out

    2021 Exclusive! Tuesday - Thursday, August 3rd- 5th 9:00 am – 3:00 pm; Campers bring a lunch each day. $165 Hold on to your hat! We are going time traveling to three different eras of Minnesota history. Day one will highlight the past & present of Minnesota’s first people, the Dakota. Campers will learn about […]

  • PeeWees: All About Bees – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • PeeWees: All About Butterflies – Sold out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • Dakota Camp – Sold Out

    August 10th – 12th ; 9am-1pm For Campers 6-10 Learn about Minnesota’s first people, the Dakota, past & present, in this unique camp!  Developed with Dakota partners, including instructors from University of Minnesota’s Dakota Language Program, this camp allows kids to explore 1830s seasonal life through the lens of Cloud Man’s village, where a young […]

  • PeeWees: Dakota & Pioneer Gardens – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • PeeWees: All About Bugs – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • Life of a Gibbs Girl Camp – Sold Out

    August 17th–19th; 9am-1pm For Campers 6-10 What would it be like to be a girl in 19th century Minnesota?  Experience the differences and similarities between life today and life as a Pioneer, Dakota, and Victorian girl! Costumed staff lead campers through the historic Gibbs farmhouse, explore the restored prairie, and host a Victorian tea party!  […]

  • PeeWees: ABCs on the Farm – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • PeeWees: All About Goats – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • Kids on the Farm – Sold Out

    August 24th – 26th ; 9am-1pm For Campers 6-10 Travel back in time to the mid-1800s and live like an early Minnesota farm kid! Go to school in a one-room schoolhouse, help with the weekly wash, run an errand to the local general store, make butter, and more!   Every morning starts with feeding the Gibbs […]

  • PeeWees: All About Plants – Sold Out

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • PeeWees: Farmhouse Adventure

    PeeWees Camp Price Per Session: $22 For Campers 4-5 These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature, pioneer, and Dakota life in the 1800s. Each camp session includes a make and take activity, […]

  • SOLD OUT Gibbs Farm Trick-or-Treat Trail 2021

    Gibbs Farm Trick-or-Treat Trail Saturday, October 30, 2021 10:00-2:00 (last entry is at 2pm) Grab your costume and venture down the Gibbs Farm trick-or-treat trail on Saturday, October 30th!  Candy, games, and family fun!  Try your hand at pumpkin toss or pin a smile on the jack-o-lantern! Guests will be introduced to the Gibbs Farm […]

  • 2022 Gibbs Farm Opening Day & Book Launch!

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    Come visit us on our opening day and learn all about RCHS's new publication Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs, Minnesota Farm Girl, 1877! Grasshoppers in my Bed author Terry Swanson and illustrator Peggy Stern will be on site at Gibbs Farm Opening Day with author talks, activities, and book signings scheduled in the Red […]

  • Fridays at Gibbs Farm: Grasshoppers in My Bed Tours

    Enjoy Gibbs Farm with the author & illustrator  Gibbs Farm will start their summer Friday public hours with a special event!  On Friday, June 17, join a special tour, threaded with details about Lillie Belle Gibbs led by the creators of Grasshoppers in My Bed (RCHS's newest publication). Storyteller's tour:  Author Terry Swanson will share selections […]

  • Fridays at Gibbs Farm: In Search of Lillie Belle Gibbs

    Gibbs Farm hosts a special program inspired by the new book release, Grasshoppers in My Bed. Join Terry Swanson, historian and author of Grasshoppers in My Bed, as she introduces Lillie at age 11 in 1877, through 11 Grasshoppers in My Bed-inspired topics, for 11 minutes each, all right here on the farm where she […]

  • Fridays at Gibbs Farm: In Search of Lillie Belle Gibbs

    Gibbs Farm hosts a special program inspired by the new book release, Grasshoppers in My Bed. Join Terry Swanson, historian and author of Grasshoppers in My Bed, as she introduces Lillie Gibbs at age 11 in 1877, through special tours right here on the farm where she grew up. You’re going to love getting to […]

  • Fridays at Gibbs Farm: In Search of Lillie Belle Gibbs

    Gibbs Farm hosts a special program inspired by the new book release, Grasshoppers in My Bed. Join Terry Swanson, historian and author of Grasshoppers in My Bed, as she introduces Lillie at age 11 in 1877, through 11 Grasshoppers in My Bed-inspired topics, for 11 minutes each, all right here on the farm where she […]

  • Fridays at Gibbs Farm: In Search of Lillie Belle Gibbs

    Gibbs Farm hosts a special program inspired by the new book release, Grasshoppers in My Bed. Join Terry Swanson, historian and author of Grasshoppers in My Bed, as she introduces Lillie at age 11 in 1877, through 11 Grasshoppers in My Bed-inspired topics, for 11 minutes each, all right here on the farm where she […]

  • Saint Paul Parks Conservancy’s Parksgiving

    Irvine Park 251 Walnut Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    RCHS at Saint Paul Parks Conservancy's Parksgiving Music, Food Trucks, Meet the Artists, celebrate the 176th birthday of our parks Irvine Park, 281 Walnut Street, St. Paul, MN 55102 May 16th, 2025 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Register Here   This summer, celebrate Saint Paul’s incredible parks by exploring 20 parks at your own pace! The newly […]

  • Gibbs Farm Opening Day

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    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, and CAKE! Guests will also […]

  • CANCELLED – Winter PeeWees Camp – Winter in the Schoolhouse

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Winter in the Schoolhouse  Presented by Gibbs Farm Monday, January 19th, 2026 1:00pm-3:00pm Visit the one-room schoolhouse for winter-themed 19th century style lessons! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – Snow Much Fun!

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Snow Much Fun! Presented by Gibbs Farm Thursday, January 29th , 2026 10:00am-12:00pm We don’t know if there’ll be snow, but we’ll sure be full of cheer! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – The Gibbs Eggs-perience

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - The Gibbs Eggs-perience Presented by Gibbs Farm Monday, February 2nd, 2026 1:00pm-3:00pm Visit the Gibbs chickens, ducks, and geese and learn about their winter care. Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – Winter Stories

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Winter Stories Presented by Gibbs Farm Saturday, February 7th, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm Winter is the perfect time to get cozy and hear stories! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and Thursday […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – Valentine Fun

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Valentine Fun Presented by Gibbs Farm Thursday, February 12th, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm Valentine themed crafts and activities! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and Thursday mornings January through March 2026. Click here […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – A Long Winter Nap

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - A Long Winter Nap Presented by Gibbs Farm Thursday, February 19th, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm Where do all the animals go during the winter? Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and Thursday […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – Cozy Crafts

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Cozy Crafts Presented by Gibbs Farm Monday, February 23rd, 2026 1:00pm-3:00pm Bring your creativity, we’ll bring the crayons! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and Thursday mornings January through March […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – Winter on the Prairie

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Winter on the Prairie Presented by Gibbs Farm Saturday, February 28th, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm Explore Gibbs Farm’s restored prairie in its winter form! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and Thursday […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – Chickadee-dee-dee

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Chickadee-dee-dee Presented by Gibbs Farm Thursday, March 5th, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm Practice using binoculars and see what birds stay in Minnesota over the winter! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and […]

  • Winter PeeWees Camp – Winter Games

    Gibbs Farm 2097 W Larpenteur Ave, Saint Paul , MN, United States

    Winter PeeWees Camp - Winter Games Presented by Gibbs Farm Thursday, March 12th, 2026 10:00am-12:00pm Ready, Set, Go! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time fun! Winter sessions are offered on a varied schedule of some Saturday mornings, Monday afternoons, and Thursday mornings January through March 2026. Click here to see […]