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Posted on December 17, 2025

Upcoming Mary Livingston Griggs & Mary Griggs Burke Research Center Closures

The Mary Livingston Griggs & Mark Griggs Burke Research Center WILL BE CLOSED December 24, 2025-January 2, 2026 For more information, please call 651-222-0701…

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…

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…

Upcoming Events

January 19, 2026 | 1:00 PM–3:00 PM

Winter PeeWees Camp – Winter in the Schoolhouse

Winter PeeWees Camp – Winter in the Schoolhouse Presented by Gibbs Farm Monday, January 19th, 2026 1:00pm-3:00pm Visit the one-room schoolhouse for winter-themed 19th century style lessons! Gibbs Farm is expanding our popular summer camp program, PeeWees, to include winter-time…

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January 20, 2026 | 5:30 PM–7:00 PM

Winter Craft Series – Orange Garlands

Winter Craft Series – Orange Garlands Gibbs Farm Tuesday, January 20, 2026 5:30 PM-7:00 PM $30 ($25) RCHS Members Register Here We will be making simple and classic dried orange garlands to bring some sunshine indoors! Each participant will have…

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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).