MN History Center

345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
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Admission Prices

$11 adults
$9 seniors (65+)
$9 college students (valid ID)
$6 children ages 6-17

Free to the public Tuesdays from 5 to 8 p.m. Always free for MHS members and children age 5 and under.

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Museum Hours

10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday;
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday;
12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday;
Closed Monday (open Monday holidays year round).

Due to popular demand, the 1968 exhibit will be open additional hours. This exhibit will be open until 8 p.m. on these dates: 2/4, 2/10, 2/11, 2/17, & 2/18 (other museum exhibits will not be open extended hours). 

Museum holiday hours

Café hours

Library Hours

2012 Feb 4

 

History Forum

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History Forum 2011-12

We The People: Americans and the Constitution

Examine our ongoing national struggle to understand, live with and live up to our greatest founding document: the U.S. Constitution.

Due to popular demand, each lecture will be offered at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Tickets on sale online and by phone at 651-259-3015.

   Box Office Policies:
• Series subscription: $76 public/$54 MHS members
• Individual tickets: $14 public/$10 MHS members.
• Reservations are required and will be confirmed when payment is received.
• Tickets purchased within seven days of the lecture will be held at the door.
• All other confirmation materials will be sent via regular mail.
• Museum admission charged separately.
• No refunds will be given.
• Tickets will sell out quickly.

 

Upcoming History Forum

Religious Freedom

    Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 10:00am



In the early 1960s a short prayer recited by students in one New York public school distrct changed American history. Parents asserted that requiring prayer in school violated the First Amendment. The Supreme Court agreed in a decision many Americans still call “the moment when the government kicked God out of school,” and that others cite as a shining example of religious freedom at work. Examine the behind-the-scenes struggles of the regular people caught up in this polarizing case and discover why Americans remain divided over how divided church and state should be. With notable historian and author Bruce Dierenfield.

Religious Freedom

    Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 2:00pm



In the early 1960s a short prayer recited by students in one New York public school distrct changed American history. Parents asserted that requiring prayer in school violated the First Amendment. The Supreme Court agreed in a decision many Americans still call “the moment when the government kicked God out of school,” and that others cite as a shining example of religious freedom at work. Examine the behind-the-scenes struggles of the regular people caught up in this polarizing case and discover why Americans remain divided over how divided church and state should be. With notable historian and author Bruce Dierenfield.

Lincoln, the Civil War and the Constitution

    Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 10:00am


At the outset of the Civil War, President Lincoln faced a potential invasion of Washington D.C., disintegrating public order, corruption among military contractors, the occupation of hostile Confederate territory, and the outcry against the first draft in U.S. history. Lincoln declared martial law, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and authorized military tribunals to gather intelligence through interrogation and try suspected terrorists.  Confronted with the potential destruction of the Union, he stretched his authority beyond the Constitution that had created it.  Did he do the right thing?  With Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark J. Neely. 

Lincoln, the Civil War and the Constitution

    Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 2:00pm


At the outset of the Civil War, President Lincoln faced a potential invasion of Washington D.C., disintegrating public order, corruption among military contractors, the occupation of hostile Confederate territory, and the outcry against the first draft in U.S. history. Lincoln declared martial law, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and authorized military tribunals to gather intelligence through interrogation and try suspected terrorists.  Confronted with the potential destruction of the Union, he stretched his authority beyond the Constitution that had created it.  Did he do the right thing?  With Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark J. Neely. 

Prior Forums

Chief Justice John Marshall
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
Benjamin Franklin
General George Marshall
Margaret Sanger
Frederick Douglass
The Presidency of George Washington, 1789-1797
The Trials at Nuremberg, 1945-1949
Bombing in Haymarket, 1886
The Mexican War, 1846-1848
The U.S. in the Middle East Since 1945
The 1918 Influenza
The People’s Constitution
The People’s Constitution
The Right to Dissent
The Right to Dissent
To Be a Citizen
To Be a Citizen
A Free Press
A Free Press
1968