News & Updates

The Mary Livingston Griggs & Mark Griggs Burke Research Center WILL BE CLOSED JANUARY 19, 2026 For more information, please call 651-222-0701…

Help Gibbs Farm House Their Animals Donate Gibbs Farm helps bring Minnesota’s history to life by introducing students to the various types of farm animals the Gibbs family would have raised. Sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, geese, and chickens delight visitors…

PBS  Almanac producer, Alauna Yust, covers the history and controversy of the Vision of Peace statue in Memorial Hall at the Ramsey County Court House and City Hall. The statue serves as the starting point for our Court House and City Hall tours, and an important feature of the building…

“I am the cilantro of radio” -Mary Lucia The room on the third floor of Landmark Center erupted in laughter. This wasn’t the first or last great quote from local legend, Mary Lucia, at our History Revealed event last Wednesday evening. With her good friend and colleague, Andrea Swensson, Lucia…

Ramsey County Historical Society is launching a new podcast in 2026, and we want to hear your story. If you have a compelling tale to share, please submit and someone from RCHS will be in touch to set up a time for recording. All interviews will take place in…

Meet Emily Gastineau, RCHS’ new Editor that will be spearheading the work with our magazine, Ramsey County History. Emily has an extensive background in editing and working in communities within the Twin Cities. She is a choreographer, writer, performer, editor, and cultural worker. Her performance work has been developed and…

Take a dash of Secret Garden magic, sprinkle in a little Jules Verne-esque imagination, and combine with a generous array of candyand you’ve got Gibbs Farm’s Annual Trick or Treat Trail! Walking the trail through the prairie and historic farm house, guest visited the twisting stacks of books at the…