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 November 22, 2024

Ramsey County History Fall 2024

Ramsey County History Fall 2024 Volume 59, No. 4: Fall 2024 John W. Diers, Jim McCartney, Adam Bledsoe Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Fall 2024   Articles in this issue: Growing Up on the Empire Builder Author: John W. Diers John W. Diers’…
Posted on November 22, 2024

2024 Pathways Gala

Ramsey County Historical Society is hosting our annual fundraising gala at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds this year. Get your tickets below and join us for an evening of fun and philanthropy with cocktails, a live and silent auction, trivia from Trivia Mafia, words…
Posted on October 31, 2024

2024 Steampunk Trick-or-Treat Trail at Gibbs Farm

Take a dash of Secret Garden magic, sprinkle in a little Jules Verne-esque imagination, and combine with a generous array of candy and you’ve got a Trick-or-Treating adventure for folks of all ages! Visit the twisting stacks of books at the library, match wits with a traveling magician, make friends…
Posted on September 24, 2024

History Revealed: Deeper Blues with Cornbread Harris and Andrea Swensson

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, a group of people gathered at Springboard for the Arts to celebrate and listen to the stories that centered on the life of Cornbread Harris. Acclaimed author, Andrea Swensson read from her book Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris, and…
Posted on September 17, 2024

KSTP Feature on Gibbs Farm

Photojournalist Bill Middeke of KSTP visits Gibbs Farm in St. Paul, in the latest edition of Must See Museum.