Minnesota Humanities Center

Minnesota Humanities Center https://linktr.ee/mnhum The Humanities Center is a resource for the state of Minnesota and is affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Minnesota Humanities Center collaborates with individuals, organizations, and communities to bring transformational humanities programming into the lives of Minnesotans throughout the state. Founded in 1971, the Minnesota Humanities Center is a statewide nonprofit organization and full service event center located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Humanities Center offers a new way to think about our future, grounded in the humanities, and collaborates with organizations and individuals to develop programs that facilitate and frame conversations and strengthen connections. Using philosophy, literature, art, music, history, language and more —we focus on what unites us not divides us – bringing the humanities out of the scholarly institutions of yesteryear and into the lives of everyday Minnesotans.

We’re excited to announce featured speakers at the Minnesota Humanities Centers annual event: Minnesota State Representa...
10/13/2026

We’re excited to announce featured speakers at the Minnesota Humanities Centers annual event: Minnesota State Representative Samantha Vang, and President & CEO of Arts Midwest Torrie Allen. We are elated to have them at our celebration!

Register today to secure your ticket at mnhum.org/mn100 - see you on October 20!

REGISTER AT MNHUM.ORG/EVENTS: Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a special screening of the Emmy Award-winning doc...
10/09/2026

REGISTER AT MNHUM.ORG/EVENTS: Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a special screening of the Emmy Award-winning documentary Iron Range: Minnesota Building America at the Ely’s Historic State Theater.

Minnesota’s Iron Range has played an extraordinary role in shaping the state and the nation. Just 10 miles wide and 100 miles long, this region supplied the iron ore, labor, and human stories that helped build modern America.

The documentary grew out of an immersive Minnesota Humanities Center education program led in part by Iron Range historian, scholar, and educator Pam Brunfelt. Offered over two years, the weeklong program brought 80 teachers from across the country to the Range for intensive study and discussion of the region’s history, its people, and its contributions to American history. Teachers returned to their classrooms with new knowledge and resources for incorporating the story of the Iron Range into their American history curriculum.

That experience helped inspire Iron Range | Minnesota Building America, produced by the Minnesota Humanities Center in partnership with Twin Cities Public Television. The film explores the people and forces that shaped the Range and considers the region’s enduring place in Minnesota and American history.

Following the screening, join us for a conversation with Pam Brunfelt, who appears in the documentary. Together, we will reflect on the stories and history featured in the film, the experience that helped inspire its creation, and the remarkable role the Iron Range has played in shaping Minnesota and the nation.

REGISTER AT MNHUM.ORG/EVENTS - Join us on October 24 for Learning from Place: South Minneapolis Baketivism, a time of re...
10/08/2026

REGISTER AT MNHUM.ORG/EVENTS - Join us on October 24 for Learning from Place: South Minneapolis Baketivism, a time of reflection, remembrance, healing, and community care led by nationally recognized community leader Rose McGee, founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie.

Through her signature workshop, which integrates Character Values: Upholding Our Beloved Community© with a baking demonstration of her signature sweet potato pie, participants will explore how values such as courage, compassion, responsibility, and presence are embodied in community, especially in the wake of tragedy. The baking of Rose’s sacred dessert becomes both symbol and practice, transforming conversation into action. Participants will also hear stories from ordinary people making extraordinary efforts to show care through food.

This experience takes place at Firebase Movement (a tenant of CityView Church), centrally located near community memorials honoring George Floyd, Rene Good, and Alex Pretti.

Program Schedule:
8:30 a.m. – Check-In
9:00 a.m. – Program Begins
Noon – Program Concludes

Immediately following the program, participants will have the option to sign-up with Firebase Movement to help distribute pies to the local community and participate in a prayer walk.

Presented in collaboration with Sweet Potato Comfort Pie, an organization that uses food, art, and cultural traditions to foster connection, healing, and change.

10/07/2026

A message from the Minnesota Humanities Center CEO, Kevin Lindsey.

Join us on October 20 from 4-7 at the Minnesota History Center for our annual event. Register to attend at https://www.mnhum.org/program/minnesota-100/ and spread the word to your friends, families, and colleagues 🤝🏽 please share this post with anyone you think would love to attend!

REMINDER to register: we are two weeks away from Minnesota Humanities Center’s annual event! Register today to secure yo...
10/07/2026

REMINDER to register: we are two weeks away from Minnesota Humanities Center’s annual event! Register today to secure your ticket.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 4–7 p.m.
Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN.
Regular tickets $100 • VIP $150
Register at mnhum.org/mn100

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10/06/2026

Take a look at the Phalen Poetry Park, a project of East Side Arts Council ! A great installation to view on a beautiful fall day 🍂

The next generation counts on our stories.Minnesota Humanities Center is collecting and celebrating the stories that mak...
10/05/2026

The next generation counts on our stories.

Minnesota Humanities Center is collecting and celebrating the stories that make Minnesota… well, Minnesota.

Help us capture the voices, places, people, ideas, traditions and objects that will inspire future Minnesotans.

What would you want them to know about this place?

Nominate a story: mnhum.org/mn100



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A smiling child in a purple winter hat looks upward against a softly blurred snowy background. Headline: The next generation counts on our stories. Minnesota Humanities Center is collecting and celebrating the stories that make Minnesota… well, Minnesota. Help us capture the voices, places, people, ideas, traditions and objects that will inspire future Minnesotans. What would you want them to know about this place? Official MHC and Minnesota 100 logos, five written categories, and Nominate a Story with mnhum.org/mn100.

REGISTER to attend at mnhum.org/events Oct 29 7-8:30pmMoon Palace Books Join Minnesota Writers Off the Page for an eveni...
10/02/2026

REGISTER to attend at mnhum.org/events
Oct 29 7-8:30pm
Moon Palace Books

Join Minnesota Writers Off the Page for an evening with Jessica Lopez Lyman and her book Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities. As an author, artist, and professor, Jessica explores the powerful intersections of art, place, resistance, and social movements—and the Latina/x artists and organizers who have helped shape the cultural and political landscape of the Twin Cities. Join Jessica for an engaging conversation with Maria Cristina Tavera as they dig into the creative practices, performances, and acts of organizing that have left their mark—both literally and figuratively—on the Cities. Discover the stories behind the art and the people who have transformed the Twin Cities through creativity, community, and collective action.

Following the discussion, audience members are invited to participate in a Q&A session and have further informal conversation with the featured speakers. Light refreshments will be provided, copies of Place-Keepers will be available for purchase, and the evening will finish with a book signing.

JOIN US! Through personal stories, fathers will listen, share, and reflect upon the impact of generational and current p...
10/01/2026

JOIN US! Through personal stories, fathers will listen, share, and reflect upon the impact of generational and current patterns of influence. Each story circle session will examine issues that surface by the participants themselves as needing to be addressed in collaboration with the Department of Children, Youth, and Family services (DCYF) for taking beneficial action steps for moving forward. Each session will be facilitated by Rose McGee, MHC Story Circle Practitioner along with Emmanuel Donaby, DCYF Fatherhood Project Coordinator.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Family services (DCYF) in partnership with the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) is hosting a three-part Story Circle Fatherhood series. This special project is designed to build a leadership task force comprised of fathers who will gain a deeper understanding of accessible systems and resources, but to also develop a stronger sense of their own empowerment.

Sign up at mnhum.org/events for this and all future events.

Objects hold memory.From hockey sticks and fishing rods to typewriters, objects carry Minnesota’s stories forward.Minnes...
09/30/2026

Objects hold memory.

From hockey sticks and fishing rods to typewriters, objects carry Minnesota’s stories forward.

Minnesota Humanities Center is collecting and celebrating the stories that make Minnesota… well, Minnesota.

What object tells your Minnesota story?

Nominate a story: mnhum.org/mn100



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Well-worn white women’s figure skates with raised heels and front toe picks sit on a dark wooden bench. White headline: Objects hold memory. Minnesota Humanities Center is collecting and celebrating the stories that make Minnesota… well, Minnesota. From hockey sticks and fishing rods to typewriters, objects carry Minnesota’s stories forward. What object tells your Minnesota story? Official MHC and Minnesota 100 logos, the five written categories, a purple Objects icon, and a purple Nominate a Story area with mnhum.org/mn100.

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