Enjoy the rich heritage of pioneer crafts! Gibbs Farm Fridays: A Pioneer Woman's Craft Heritage Friday August 19, 2016: Candle Dipping Other Programs: July 15, July 22, August 5, 2016 10:00 am-Noon Open to all Admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors 62+, $5 children ages 4-16. Free for RCHS members. Join us this summer as we […]
Join us at the River Balcony Prototyping Festival and experience Saint Paul's history! RCHS' Portals to the Past Named as Part of the River Balcony Prototyping Festival Ramsey County Historical Society’s Portals to the Past was just named one of the winning selections for the River Balcony Prototyping Festival on September 10! Festival-goers will travel […]
Custom House Wins Prestigious American Association for State & Local History Award It has been announced that James A. Stolpestad, author of Custom House: Restoring a St. Paul Landmark in Lowertown and publisher Ramsey County Historical Society have been awarded a 2016 Award of Merit Leadership in History Award by the American Association for State […]
Join us as we celebrate Minnesota's wild rice harvest and Native American culture! Gibbs Farm at the Roseville Wild Rice Festival History, stories, music, dancing, demonstrations, crafts, food... and much more at Roseville's annual Wild Rice Festival. Held at the beautiful Harriet Alexander Nature Center, the festival honors the traditions that surround the wild rice […]
Museum Day Live! 2016 Get FREE tickets for Gibbs Farm on Saturday, September 24, on the Museum Day Live! website. We'll be having site tours: Pioneer Tour at 10:30/12:30/2:30 and Dakota Tour at 11:30 & 1:30. Go to the Gibbs Farm Museum Day Live! page for tickets. You must bring your Museum Day Live! ticket […]
Apple Crafts, Apple Games, Apple Treats! Gibbs Farm Apple Festival Included in general admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors 62+, $5 children 3 and up Free for RCHS members A day of apple fun - all in the beautiful setting of the Gibbs Farm. Enjoy a variety of events at our beautiful farm, visit our Heritage […]
Please join us at our Annual Celebration! RCHS Annual Members Celebration Town & County Club 300 N Mississippi River Blvd, Saint Paul, MN 55104 Presentation of the Virginia B. Kunz Award at 7:00 pm Program at 7:15 pm Come enjoy a meal and program with fellow history enthusiasts. • Learn about Robert Foulis, Minnesota’s first […]
Join us in commemorating the Rondo Neighborhood. Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Rondo Commemorative Plaza On Friday, October 14, at 1:30 pm join us for the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Rondo Commemorative Plaza. The soon-to-be constructed Rondo Commemorative Plaza (RCP) creates both a physical landmark and virtual experience where visitors learn the story of the Rondo […]
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Virginia B. Kunz Award for publishing! Virginia B. Kunz Award We would like to congratulate the nominees and winner of the 2016 RCHS Virginia Kunz Award, awarded for the best articles in Ramsey County History magazine over a two-year period, in this case for the eight issues released […]
MEA 2016 Thursday, October 20 Half-day Camp: 9:00 am-Noon Full-day Camp: 9:00 am-4:00 pm Please call the Gibbs Farm directly at 651-646-8629 to register. Gibbs Farm is offering an exciting new fun and educational experience for your kids during MEA 2016. This mini one-day camp will be offered on Thursday of MEA, October 20. Kids […]
Celebrate Halloween the old-fashioned way! Halloween! Included in general admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors 62+, $5 children 3 and up Free for RCHS members Kids of all ages can make pig cookies, find pennies in the hay stack, enter the costume contest, trick-or-treat at the Gibbs' farmhouse, hear not-so-scary Halloween stories in the one-room schoolhouse. […]
Give to the Max Day Support RCHS online during Give to the Max Day – Minnesota’s very own giving day! - through the RCHS website or GiveMN.org. Join your friends and neighbors in supporting local history and RCHS’s efforts to tell the stories that preserve our past, inform our present and inspire our future. Give […]
