Minnesota History Center

Minnesota History Center
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Established1992
Location345 W. Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates44°56′59″N 93°6′20″W / 44.94972°N 93.10556°W / 44.94972; -93.10556
TypeHistorical society
DirectorKent Whitworth
Public transit accessBus: 16, 21, 94
Websitewww.mnhs.org

The Minnesota History Center is a museum and library that serves as the headquarters of the Minnesota Historical Society. It is near downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The Minnesota History Center is on Kellogg Boulevard, between the Mississippi River and the Minnesota State Capitol.[1] Before this building was built in 1992, the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) occupied what is now the Minnesota Judicial Center, originally built for the Society in 1917. Before that, MNHS was housed in the basement of the State Capitol.[2]

The center hosts concerts, dance performances, lectures, conferences, meetings, dinners, political campaign events, memorial services, receptions, parties, and weddings; as many as 75,000 schoolchildren visit the History Center every year.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Horrigan 1996, p. 2.
  2. ^ "About the History Center".