News & Updates

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…

Are you ready for an adventure? In 2024, Gibbs Farm has camps for kids aged 4 to 13.  Whatever piques your interest – 19th century farm or Dakota seasonal life, nature, games, farm animals, gardening, tea parties – we have a camp for you!   Gibbs Farm is an eight-acre site…

August’s History Revealed Event with Team Minnesota Students Featuring three History Day competitors from Team Minnesota, August’s History Revealed was an engaging evening of connecting history with passion. In the Sun Ray Library’s community room, friends, family, and community members gathered to hear about the students’ projects and experiences both…

Hey batter, batter! Hey batter, batter! Swing! Register Here We’re excited to bring you the details of this year’s Pathways Gala which will be held October 7, 2025 at the Securian Club at CHS Field, home of the Saint…

History Revealed – Blkk Hand on the History and Contemporary Use of Tintype Photography In a studio just off of University Avenue in St. Paul, a small crowd filed in to Blkk Hand Photography Studio. We all looked on with wonder as artist Carla Rodriguez revealed the…

On September 6th RCHS will be joined by chefs from Local Effort for a member-exclusive Farm to Table dinner at Gibbs Farm We are excited to be partnering with local chefs Weston Smith and Catherine Olsen, who will cook a refined farm-to-table dinner experience for our members, on site at…

July’s History Revealed Event at Forepaugh’s Restaurant On a lovely mid-July afternoon, guests were welcomed to Forepaugh’s Restaurant in Saint Paul’s historic Irvine Park district for a chef-curated five course meal. This intimate lunch was hosted by Forepaugh’s service manager, Bronson, who shared the history of the…

The Mary Livingston Griggs & Mary Griggs Burke Research Center will be closed from June 30 through July 11, 2025.