MN History Center

345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
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651-259-3000
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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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Exhibit 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).
Museum Holiday Hours

Library Hours

12 to 8 p.m. Tuesday;
12 to 5 p.m. Wed.-Fri.;
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday;
12-4 p.m. Sunday;
Closed Monday.
 
 

2012 May 17

 

A Free Press

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Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 10:00am
Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 2:00pm



America has been battling over freedom of the press for centuries. Minnesota moved to the center of that battle in 1931 when the landmark legal case of Near v. Minnesota came before the U.S. Supreme Court.  Officials at the highest level of state government used Minnesota’s powerful “gag” law to prevent Jay Near, small-time publisher of a Minneapolis scandal sheet, from printing his “anti-Black, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, and anti-labor” exposes. The trial’s surprising outcome forever altered the relationship between the U.S. government and the free press that informs our democracy. With distinguished journalism scholar Jane Kirtley. 

Retrorama 2012