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Calls for Entries

Posted on November 26, 2025

Podcast Launch – Call for Story Submissions

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…

Posted on November 18, 2025

RCHS Welcomes Our New Editor, Emily Gastineau

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…

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Posted on November 10, 2025

Gibbs Farm’s 2025 Trick or Treat Trail

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…

Posted on October 27, 2025

October’s History Revealed at Oakland Cemetery

There is no better time of year than Autumn to visit St. Paul’s historic Oakland Cemetery! The colors of the changing leaves were the perfect backdrop for Denise Dunnell Wells’ cemetery walking tours, where she regaled us with stories of Saint Paulites now passed. Armed with sweaters, scarfs, and…

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Upcoming Events

History Revealed

December 10, 2025 | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM

SOLD OUT History Revealed – Mary Lucia

History Revealed – Mary Lucia Presented by Ramsey County Historical Society Landmark Center, 75 West 5th Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102 Suite 317 Wednesday December 10th, 2025 6:00 PM-8:30 PM SOLD OUT RCHS is excited and honored to host Mary Lucia for an evening of conversation revolving around her recently…

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January 22, 2026 | 6:00 PM–7:30 PM

History Revealed – Conversation with the Curators

History Revealed – Conversation with the Curators Presented by Ramsey County Historical Society Thursday January 22nd, 2026 6:00 PM-7:30 PM Free virtual event, registration required REGISTER Join RCHS in a conversation with…

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Exhibit

Selma 70

April 2025-May 2026

RCHS Gallery, Landmark Center First Floor
75 Fifth Street West, Saint Paul MN 55102

In 2015, 70 individuals, representing more than a dozen local organizations, traveled from Saint Paul, Minnesota to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” This journey wasn’t just about looking back. It was a call to action, a reminder that the fight for civil rights and justice is ongoing. The Pilgrims’ experiences, their reflections, and the lessons they brought back are captured in this Selma 70 exhibit. Through their eyes, we explore not only the history of the Civil Rights Movement but also its lasting impact and the continuous struggle for equality and justice in our own times.

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Donate Artifacts

Virtually all of the 4.5 million documents, photographs, artifacts, and other items that make up our collections have been donated to RCHS. If you have pieces of Ramsey County history gathering dust in your basement, consider donating them to RCHS. Please contact Curator Mollie Spillman to donate artifacts, photographs or documents. RCHS Curator Mollie Spillman (L) donating an oral history collection to the University of Minnesota's Tretter Collection through Tretter Curator Lisa Vecoli (R).