News & Updates

Posted on December 11, 2024

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…
Posted on February 7, 2024

Summer Camp Registration is Open Now!

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…
Posted on April 17, 2025

Hmong Fellows

Fellows (clockwise from top left) Linda Lor, Wone Vang, Kalia Vue, 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…
Posted on April 7, 2025

Ramsey County Court House Public Tour Canceled – 4/7/2025

Photo by Caitlin Abrams for MSP Magazine Our Ramsey County Court House public tour is canceled for today (April 7, 2025). We apologize for any inconvenience.
Posted on March 14, 2025

Rich Arpi Retires After Ten Years at RCHS

On March 13, 2025, RCHS celebrated over a decade of service and work from Research Assistant, Rich Arpi. Rich Arpi’s career has included twenty years at the Minnesota Historical Society, twelve years as a corporate archivist at St. Paul Companies, six years as an archivist at the Ohio Historical Society,…
Posted on February 26, 2025

2025 Gibbs Farm Camp Registrations – Now Open!

Ready for a Summertime Adventure? Registration is now open! Gibbs Farm has camps for kids aged 4 to 14. 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…
Posted on January 21, 2025

RCHS Welcomes Andrea Swensson, Editor

RCHS Welcomes Andrea Swensson, Editor Please join us in welcoming Andrea Swensson as Ramsey County Historical Society’s new editor. Andrea will be the fourth editor in this role of the entire history of publications for RCHS. She has a very tenured background in journalism – serving as music editor…
Posted on January 14, 2025

St. Paul Building Permit Collection (1883-1975) – Now Online!

RCHS is thrilled to offer online access to the St. Paul Building Permit Collection Thanks to grant awards over the past 3 years , RCHS contracted Documents 2 Disc, Inc. to digitize the 350,000 St. Paul building permits (1883-1975). With the Schneider Geospatial Beacon system and a private funder, RCHS…