List of Museums in Minnesota

This list of museums in Minnesota encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Non-profit and university art galleries are also included. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary
3M Museum Two Harbors Iron Range History History of 3M corporation and products
Afton Historical Museum Afton Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Afton Historical Society, located in the former Congregational church (1868) building, features period displays, household items, clothing, toys and local history artifacts
Aitkin County Historical Society Depot Museum Aitkin Iron Range Local history Operated by the Aitkin County Historical Society, heritage of Aitkin County
Aitkin County Historical Society Log Museum Aitkin Iron Range Industry website, operated by the Aitkin County Historical Society, features logging heritage, agricultural implements, and tools from the building trades
Akeley Paul Bunyan Historical Museum Akeley Local history website, includes sawmill history
Alexander Faribault House Faribault Southeast Minnesota Historic house Operated by the Rice County Historical Society
Alexander Ramsey House Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Victorian house, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Amador Heritage Center Almelund Minneapolis – Saint Paul Open air website, includes museum of local Swedish immigrant history, and adjacent Swedish Immigrant Log Farm with several log cabins and structures
AAW Gallery of Wood Art Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Changing exhibits of art made from wood, located in Landmark Center
American Museum of Asmat Art Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art website, part of University of St. Thomas, culture and art of the Asmat people of Papua, New Guinea
American Swedish Institute Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Ethnic Swedish-American community in Minneapolis and St. Paul, period rooms in the historic mansion
Ames-Florida-Stork House Rockford Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Operated by the Rockford Area Historical Society, period displays show over 100 years of history in rural Minnesota
Andrew John Volstead House Granite Falls Historic house Home of politician Andrew Volstead
Anoka County History Center Anoka Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Anoka County Historical Society
Arches Museum of Pioneer Life Stockton Southeast Minnesota Open air website, operated by the Winona County Historical Society, includes folk art models, furnished log home and barn from the 1860s, agricultural equipment, and a complete one-room pioneer school
Ard Godfrey House Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house website, information, mid-19th century period home, operated by the Woman's Club of Minneapolis
Arrowhead Bluffs Museum Wabasha Commodity information, features large gun collection, Indian & pioneer artifacts, mounted birds & wildlife displays, fishing lures
Arv Hus Museum Milan Local history website, includes sawdust artwork
Atwater Area Historical Society & Museum Atwater Local history information
Augsburg Art Galleries Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art website, part of Augsburg College
The Bakken Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Science Museum and library devoted to electricity and magnetism including in medicine
Bartholomew House Museum Richfield Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Operated by the Richfield Historical Society
Baseball Hall of Fame Museum of Minnesota Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Sports website, baseball memorabilia collected by Ray Crump, a Minnesota Twins equipment manager
Becker County Museum Detroit Lakes Local history website, operated by the Becker County Historical Society
Bell Museum of Natural History Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Natural history Part of the University of Minnesota, birds, animals, plants and insects that populate the state
Beltrami County History Center Bemidji Northwest Angle Local history Operated by the Beltrami County Historical Society, housed in a restored 1912 Great Northern Depot
Benton County Historical Society and Museum Sauk Rapids Local history website
Bertha Museum Bertha Local history information
Betsy-Tacy houses Image Mankato Blue Earth County Literary History, Biographical Childhood home of Maud Hart Lovelace, beloved author of the Betsy-Tacy books. Museum, interpretive center and gift shop
Big Honza's Museum of Unnatural History Montgomery Amusement website, restaurant and museum with unnatural attractions
Big Stone County Museum Ortonville Local history website, information, features large mounted bird collection of over 500 waterfowl
Bill & Bonnie Daniels Firefighters Hall & Museum Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Firefighting website
Blue Earth County Heritage Center Mankato Local history website, includes exhibit on Betsy-Tacy author Maud Hart Lovelace, operated by the Blue Earth County Historical Society
Bois Forte Heritage Museum Tower Iron Range Native American website, heritage of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Borgstrom House Museum Upsala Local history website, operated by the Upsala Area Historical Society
Boutwells Landing Museum Oak Park Heights Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Washington County Historical Society, changing exhibits, gallery located Boutwells Landing senior residence community
Brooklyn Park Historical Farm Brooklyn Park Minneapolis – Saint Paul Living website, also known as the Eidem Homestead, turn-of-the-20th-century historic farm
Brown County Museum New Ulm Local history website, operated by the Brown County Historical Society
Bunnell House Homer Southeast Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Winona County Historical Society, three floors of pioneer life displays
Cannon Falls Historical Museum Cannon Falls Southeast Minnesota Local history website, period displays include fireman's room with antique equipment, classroom, kitchen, parlor, dentist or doctors office, and an old switchboard of a telephone company
Carver County Historical Society Museum Waconia Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, exhibits include veterans, immigration history, household items and tools, photos and changing exhibits
Cass County Museum Walker Local history website, Ojibwe artifacts, fur trade, lumbering, transportation, early pioneers and one room schoolhouse; operated by the Cass County Historical Society
Cass Lake Museum Cass Lake Local history information, photos
Carlton County History and Heritage Center Cloquet Iron Range Local history website
Charles A. Lindbergh House Little Falls Biographical Boyhood home of aviator Charles Lindbergh, part of Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum Little Falls Local history website, operated by the Morrison County Historical Society, exhibits include natural history, Native American artifacts, local business and industry, personal and household items, historic photos
Charles H. Burwell House Minnetonka Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Operated by the Minnetonka Historical Society
Chaska History Center Chaska Local history website
Children's Discovery Museum (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Grand Rapids Iron Range Children's website
Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center Grand Marais Iron Range Local history website, museum planned to open in 2010, operated by the Gunflint Trail Historical Society
Christie House Museum Long Prairie Historic house website, early 20th century period house
Clarissa Museum Clarissa Local history information
Clay County Museum Moorhead Local history website, operated by the Clay County Historical Society
Clearwater County Historical Society Museum Bagley Northwest Angle Local history information, information, grounds include an 1880s log school, 1936 school, a small depot and 1904 cabin
Clinton Depot Clinton Local history Military memorabilia, farm and agriculture displays, train memorabilia, historic items about Clinton
Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio Cokato Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history Operated by the Cokato Historical Society
College of Visual Arts Gallery Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art website, part of College of Visual Arts
Comstock House Moorhead Historic house Restored 1882 house built by politician Solomon Comstock, home of educator Ada Comstock, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Cook County Historical Museum Grand Marais Iron Range Local history information
Cottonwood County Historical Museum Windom Local history website
Croft Mine Historical Park Crosby Iron Range Mining information, information, former iron mine in the Cuyuna Range
Crosslake Area Historical Society Museum Crosslake Open air website, log village includes several houses, saloon, tourist cabin, general store, town hall, livery
Cross River Heritage Center Schroeder Iron Range Local history website, local history exhibits, period rooms, operated by the Schroeder Area Historical Society
Crow Wing County Historical Society Museum Brainerd Local history website, exhibits includes 20th century period home displays, lumber industry, railroads, mining, and home life
Dakota City Heritage Village Farmington Minneapolis – Saint Paul Open air website, 20th century rural town with 22 buildings
Denler Art Gallery Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art website, part of Northwestern College
Dodge County Historical Society and Museum Mantorville Local history website
Dorothy Molter Museum Ely Iron Range Biographical website, home and museum about local resident Dorothy Molter
Dr. William W. Mayo House Le Sueur Historic house 1860s period house, exhibits about the Mayo family, St. Mary's Hospital and the Mayo Clinic, owned by the Minnesota Historical Society
Duluth Art Institute Duluth Iron Range Art website, part of the Duluth Depot
Duluth Children's Museum Duluth Iron Range Children's website, part of the Duluth Depot
Duluth Depot Duluth Iron Range Multiple Historic depot houses the Duluth Art Institute, Duluth Children's Museum, Lake Superior Railroad Museum, St. Louis County Historical Society Museum, North Shore Scenic Railroad and several performing arts organizations
Eagle Bend Museum/Library Eagle Bend Local history information, period displays
East Grand Forks Heritage Center East Grand Forks Northwest Angle Open air website, operated by the Pennington County Historical Society, r historic heritage village
East Polk Heritage Center Fosston Northwest Angle Local history website, operated by the East Polk County Heritage Society
Edina History Museum Edina Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, includes one room Cahill School and Grange Hall open by appointment, operated by the Edina Historical Society
Ed's Museum Wykoff Commodity information, information, eclectic collection of antiques and memorabilia
Ely-Winton History Museum Ely Iron Range Local history website, located on the campus of Vermilion Community College
End-O-Line Railroad Park & Museum Currie Open air website, museum includes model railroad display and railroad exhibits, park features collection of historic buildings
Etta Ross Historical Museum Blue Earth Local history
Eugene Saint Julien Cox House Saint Peter Historic house Operated by the Nicollet County Historical Society, 1871 Italianate home
Evansville Historical Foundation Evansville Open air website, includes Johanson House with household displays, country schoolhouse, 1892 log cabin, sod house, root cellar, Johnson House, pioneer church, prayer chapel, town hall with local history displays
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Museum Excelsior Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, exhibits include Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior High School and local businesses, Lake Minnetonka sailing vessel the Onawa
Farmamerica Waseca Southeast Minnesota Agriculture website, also known as the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center, includes 1850s farm, 1930s farm, one room schoolhouse, country church, blacksmith shop/town hall, feed mill
Fillebrown House White Bear Lake Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Operated by the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, late 19th century lakeside cottage
Fillmore County History Center Museum Fountain Open air website, includes vintage agriculture equipment, turn-of-the-20th-century newspaper office, post office, antique country kitchen, furnishings, toys and dolls, Native American artifacts, turn-of-the-20th-century schoolhouse, vintage and antique fashions, log house, antique airplanes
Finland Minnesota Heritage Site Finland Open air website, operated by the Finland Minnesota Historical Society
Finn Creek Open Air Museum New York Mills Open air Heritage of Finnish culture, includes 1900 original farmstead, log barns, "Savu" smoke sauna, sawmill and gift shop
Fitger's Brewery Complex Museum Duluth Food Brewery complex with stores, a hotel, restaurants and a small museum
Folsom House Taylors Falls Historic house Mid 19th century house, operated by the Taylor County Historical Society and the Minnesota Historical Society
Forest History Center Grand Rapids Iron Range Industry Logging industry and logging camp, owned by the Minnesota Historical Society
Fort Ridgely Fairfax Military Mid 19th century U.S. Army outpost, owned by the Minnesota Historical Society
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Part of the University of Minnesota, modern and contemporary art, features collections of Marsden Hartley, Alfred Maurer, Charles Biederman, Native American Mimbres culture pottery and Korean furniture
Freeborn County Historical Museum Albert Lea Open air website, local history museum with period displays and 19th century pioneer village
Fridley History Center Fridley Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Fridley Historical Society
Gammelgarden Museum Scandia Minneapolis – Saint Paul Ethnic website, open air museum of Swedish immigration history, includes church, pioneer house, barn, cottage, Swedish artifacts and special events
Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life Falcon Heights Minneapolis – Saint Paul Open air Includes farm house, sod house, log cabin, Dakotah style tipi and replica bark lodge, schoolhouse
Gideon H. Pond House Bloomington Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Located in Pond-Dakota Mission Park, mid 19th century missionary house
Glensheen Historic Estate Duluth Iron Range Historic house 38 room mansion with interior styles ranging from Renaissance Revival and Colonial Revival to Arts & Crafts; owned by the University of Minnesota Duluth
Goldstein Museum of Design Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art website, part of the University of Minnesota, collections include costumes, decorative arts, graphic design and textiles
Goodhue County Historical Society and Museum Red Wing Southeast Minnesota Local history website
Grand Portage National Monument Grand Marais Iron Range History Reconstructed fur trade post with costumed interpreters, Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage center
Grant County Historical Museum Elbow Lake Local history information, includes pioneer and Native American displays, first decade of the 20th century main street, 1865 log cabin, rural school house
Great Lakes Aquarium Duluth Iron Range Aquarium Also includes local history center, a science center and cultural exhibits; part of Canal Park
Great Lakes Floating Maritime Museum Duluth Iron Range Maritime Includes historic vessels USCG Buoy Tender Sundew, US Army Corps of Engineers tugboat Lake Superior, and the lake freighter William A. Irvin
Greyhound Bus Museum Hibbing Iron Range Transportation Men and machines that created Greyhound Bus Lines
Gustaf Anderson House Lindstrom Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house website, operated by the Chisago County Historical Society, local history exhibits
Harkin's General Store Saint Peter History Operated by the Nicollet County Historical Society
Hay Lake School and Erickson Log House Museum Scandia Minneapolis – Saint Paul School, Historic house Operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Headwaters Science Center Bemidji Northwest Angle Science Hands-on science exhibits
Hennepin History Museum Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, history and culture of Hennepin County
Heritage and Wind Power Learning Center Lake Benton Multiple website, visitors center, local history museum and wind power learning center
Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center Moorhead Local history Includes interpretation of the Hjemkomst Viking Ship, Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, Red River Valley Exhibition and changing exhibits
Hibbing Historical Museum Hibbing Iron Range Local history website,
Highpoint Center for Printmaking Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art website, changing exhibits
Hillstrom Museum of Art Saint Peter Art website, part of Gustavus Adolphus College
Hinckley Fire Museum Hinckley Local history Story of 1894 fire and rebuilding of the town
Historic Chippewa City Montevideo Southwest Open air information, information, turn of the 20th century village with 23 buildings
Historic Forestville Preston Living Located in Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 1899 rural village, owned by the Minnesota Historical Society
Historic Fort Snelling Fort Snelling Military Structures including walls, the round tower, barracks, the commandant's house, gatehouse, magazine, school, and others were either restored or rebuilt to 19th-century condition
Gilfillan Estate Morgan Southwest Historic house website, operated by the Redwood County Historical Society
Grimm Farm Historic Site Laketown Township Historic house Mid 19th century farm and house, open for programs
History Center of Olmsted County Rochester Southeast Minnesota Local history website, exhibits include decorative arts, medicine, Saint Marys Hospital, IBM, and the 1883 Rochester tornado
History Museum of East Otter Tail County Perham Local history web
Holz Farm Eagan Minneapolis – Saint Paul Living website, working farmstead
Hooper-Bowler-Hillstrom House Belle Plaine Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Furnishings include three periods - 1850s and 1860s, Victorian, and early 20th century
Hopkins Historical Society Museum Hopkins Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, includes clothing and household items, tools and equipment, stained glass window from the former landmark Dow House, Raspberry Festival memorabilia
Houston County Historical Society Museum Caledonia Local history website,
Hubbard County Historical Museum Park Rapids Local history website, located in the 1900 Hubbard County Courthouse, exhibits include Native American artifacts, farming and logging displays, quilts, a pioneer cabin, and a one room school house
Independence Town Hall Museum Independence Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Western Hennepin County Pioneer Association
International Wolf Center Ely Iron Range Natural history Wolves, their relationship to wild lands, and the human role in their future.
Iron Range Historical Society Gilbert Iron Range Local history
Isanti County Historical Society Heritage Center Cambridge Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, includes 1870's Pioneer Home Museum, local history exhibits
Itasca Heritage Center Grand Rapids Iron Range Local history website, includes exhibits about the woolly mammoth, Judy Garland and the Gumm family, paper industry, Native Americans, pioneers,
ITOW In Their Own Words Perham Military website, interactive exhibits and oral histories of soldiers, prisoners of war and the effects of war on communities
Jackson County Historical Museum Lakefield Local history website
James J. Hill House Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Gilded Age mansion, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Jasper Area Historical Society Museum Jasper Local history
Jeffers Petroglyphs Jeffers Native American Site with pre-contact Native American petroglyph and visitor center with exhibits
John H. Stevens House Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house First authorized house on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what would become Minneapolis
John Lind House New Ulm Historic house website, home of politician John Lind
Joseph R. Brown Minnesota River Center Henderson Local history website, website, settlement and cultural history of the Mississippi River Valley
J.R. Watkins House Plainview Historic house website, operated by the Plainview Area History Center, exhibits on J.R. Watkins Apothecary company
Judy Garland Museum Grand Rapids Iron Range Biographical website, birthplace home of actress and singer Judy Garland
Julian H. Sleeper House Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Decorative arts website, historic house with collection of Gilded Age decorative arts from the former Gowie-Nonnand House Museum in New Haven, CT; open by appointment
Kanabec History Center Mora Local history website, operated by the Kanabec County Historical Society, exhibition hall, reference library, art gallery
Kandiyohi County Museum Willmar Local history website, operated by the Kandiyohi County Historical Society, includes railroad station rooms and a locomotive, early transportation, pioneer & Native American artifacts, a horse-drawn fire engine, one room schoolhouse and other local history exhibits
Karl Oskar House Lindstrom Ethnic information, Swedish heritage
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Duluth Iron Range History Changing exhibits based on the collections
Katherine E. Nash Gallery Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Part of the University of Minnesota, features changing exhibits of local and national art
Kittson County Historical Society Museum Lake Bronson Northwest Angle Local history information
Knute Nelson House Alexandria Historic house website, operated by the Douglas County Historical Society, restored turn-of-the-20th-century home of U.S. Senator Knute Nelson
Koochiching Historical Museums International Iron Range Local history information, includes Koochiching Historical Museum with local history exhibits, and attached Bronko Nagurski Museum about 1930s-1940s football player Bronko Nagurski
Kremer House Library and Museum Minnesota Lake Local history information
Lac qui Parle County Museum Madison Open air website, complex includes local history museum, 1870s log cabin, 1887 rural schoolhouse, agriculture equipment and early transportation, study of poet Robert Bly
Lake County Historical Depot Museum Two Harbors Iron Range Local history
Lake of the Woods County Museum Baudette Northwest Angle Local history website, information, operated by the Lake of the Woods County Historical Society, includes tepresentative homestead, general store, country school, newspaper office and blacksmith shop exhibits, agriculture equipment, natural history and geology, pioneer and Native American settlements, local industries and communities
Lake Superior Railroad Museum Duluth Iron Range Railroad Part of the Duluth Depot, features many locomotives and over 40 pieces of rolling stock
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center Duluth Iron Range Maritime History and operations of upper lakes commercial shipping and the Aerial Lift Bridge; part of Canal Park
The Landing - Minnesota River Heritage Park Shakopee Minneapolis – Saint Paul Living website, part of Three Rivers Park District, formerly Historic Murphy's Landing, depicts life in the Lower Minnesota River Valley from the 1840s – 1890s
Landmark Center Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Multiple Historic building that features a gallery about the center, the Landmark Center Archive Gallery with local history exhibits, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, Schubert Club Museum of Musical Instruments, Ramsey County Historical Society Gallery
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum Walnut Grove Southwest Biographical website, history of the family of author Laura Ingalls Wilder in Walnut Grove, includes a depot, chapel, onion-domed house, dugout display, schoolhouse, early settler home, and covered wagon display
Laura Ingalls Wilder Church Museum Spring Valley Local history website, housed in former church attended by the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder, local history exhibits, operated by the Spring Valley Community Historical Society
Lawshe Memorial Museum South Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Dakota County Historical Society
LeDuc Historic Estate Hastings Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Operated by the Dakota County Historical Society, Victorian period mansion
Legion Pioneer Museum Vesta Local history
Le Sueur County Historical Society Museum Elysian Local history information, includes art, period displays, Native American artifacts
Le Sueur Museum Le Sueur Local history website, includes history of the Green Giant Company, radio room, early schools and hotels, post office, agriculture, art, military and bands in Le Sueur
Levin Natural History Museum Spicer Natural history information, private collection of Native American artifacts, dinosaur bones and fossils, seashells, butterflies, rocks and minerals
Lincoln County Pioneer Museum Hendricks Open air website, information, features turn-of-the-20th-century period rooms
Lund-Hoel House Canby Historic house website
Lyle's Logging Camp and Museum Cass Lake Industry information, photos, logging industry and artifacts
Lyon County Courthouse Museum Marshall Southwest Local history
Mantorville Restoration House Mantorville Historic house website, 1856 former county office building and jail, also adjacent 1850s log cabin and carriage house
Marshall Area Fine Arts Council Marshall Southwest Art website, changing exhibits
Martin County Historical Society Pioneer Museum Fairmont Local history website, period displays
McLeod County Historical Society Hutchinson Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, history of the communities in McLeod County, also paintings of wildlife artist Les Kouba
Meeker County Historical Museum Litchfield Southwest Local history
Melrose Area Museum Melrose Local history website, operated by the Melrose Historical Society, exhibits include military, business memorabilia, clothing, kitchen and household items, furniture, religious items, local sports and photographs
Memorial Education Museum Ada Local history website, operated by the Norman County Minnesota Historical Society
Mikkelson Collection Willmar Transportation website, classic and antique boats, motors and items from boating history
Mill City Museum Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Industry Operated by the Minnesota Historical Society, history of the flour milling industry in Minneapolis
Mille Lacs County Historical Society Depot Museum Princeton Minneapolis – Saint Paul Railroad
Mille Lacs Indian Museum Onamia Iron Range Native American Culture of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Millersburg Schoolhouse Museum Millersburg Education website, founded and supported by the Christdala Preservation Association
Milwaukee Road Heritage Center Montevideo Southwest Railroad History of the Milwaukee Road in the area
Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery Minneapolis Minneapolis - Saint Paul Art website, part of Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Features an encyclopedic collection of approximately 100,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of world history. Its collection includes paintings, photographs, prints and drawings, textiles, architecture, and decorative arts. There are collections of African art and art from Oceania and the Americas, and an especially strong collection of Asian art, called "one of the finest and most comprehensive Asian art collections in the country". The Asian collection includes Chinese architecture, jades, bronzes, and ceramics.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Features 40 modern and contemporary sculptures and installations in an 11-acre (45,000 m2) park located adjacent to the Walker Art Center. The Garden is a collaboration between the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the Walker Art Center.
Minnehaha Depot Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Railroad Part of the Minnesota Transportation Museum, 1875 depot on the Milwaukee Road line with railroad exhibits
Minnesota Air National Guard Museum Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Aviation website, aircraft and memorabilia
Minnesota Children's Museum Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Children's
Minnesota Discovery Center Chisholm Iron Range Mining Formerly Ironworld Discovery Center, area's mining and local history
Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame Baxter Sports website
Minnesota Governor's Residence Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Tours offered by the Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota History Center Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history Main museum of the Minnesota Historical Society, history of Minnesota, also changing exhibits of national and international history
Minnesota Machinery Museum Hanley Falls Southwest Agriculture website, features 5 buildings with agriculture equipment and farm life displays
Minnesota Marine Art Museum Winona Southeast Minnesota Art Features oil paintings, watercolors and three-dimensional marine art objects, folk art, photographs and maps focusing on river life
Minnesota Military Museum Little Falls Military Located in Camp Ripley
Minnesota Museum of American Art Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Focus on regional and Minnesota artists
Minnesota Museum of Mining Chisholm Iron Range Mining website, iron mining
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame New Ulm Music Exhibits honor Minnesota music legends like Bob Dylan, Prince, Whoopee John Wilfahrt, Harold Loeffelmacher, The Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland and also ethnic music like polkas
Minnesota Pioneer Park Annandale Minneapolis – Saint Paul Open air website, turn-of-the-20th-century pioneer life, includes church, school, general store, log cabin, sod house, barber shop, blacksmith, agricultural and historical museum displays, dentist office, doctor's office, funeral parlor, town hall, jail, harness shop, milliner, pharmacy, post office, depot
Minnesota State Capitol Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul History
Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum Owatonna Southeast Minnesota History History of orphanage from 1886 to 1945
Minnesota Streetcar Museum Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Transportation Five operable streetcars, three from Twin Cities Rapid Transit fleet and two from the Duluth Street Railway Company
Minnesota Transportation Museum Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Railroad Jackson Street Roundhouse location in St. Paul features equipment and regional railroad history
Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Medical website, part of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota
Monongalia Historical Society and Museum New London Local history information, information
Moose Lake Depot and Fires of 1918 Museum Moose Lake Local history Eexhibits about area railroads and the 1918 Cloquet Fire
Mower County Historical Society Austin Southeast Minnesota Open air website, includes Log Cabin Museum, Rural School Museum, Rahilly Museum with farm equipment and vehicles, Rural Life Museum about farm life, Arts Museum with art and exhibit about rural churches, Wayside Chapel, Pioneer Museum including including the Mower County courtroom display, Railroad Museum with railroad cars and depot, Fireman's Museum, Blacksmith Shop, Hormel Museum about the George A. Hormel Company, Communications Museum, Native American Museum
Murray County Historical Museum Slayton Local history website, exhibits include a church replica, country store, railroad display, early radios and phonographs, tools and machinery, Native American artifacts, furniture and glassware
Museum of Lake Minnetonka Excelsior Minneapolis – Saint Paul Maritime Steamboat Minnehaha cruises between Excelsior and Wayzata
Museum of Russian Art Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Russian art from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially Soviet-era art
National Eagle Center Wabasha Natural history Live rehabilitated eagles and eagle, wildlife, and conservation exhibits
New Brighton History Center Museum New Brighton Railroad information, an 1887 railroad depot museum of railroad artifacts, historical pictures, area maps, caboose, railroad work cart, baggage carts, and mail cart
New York Mills Regional Cultural Center New York Mills Art website, changing art exhibits
North Country Museum of Arts Park Rapids Art information, features permanent collection of 15th-19th century European paintings, changing art exhibits and historical displays
Northfield Historical Society Museum Northfield Southeast Minnesota Local history website, housed in the last bank Jesse James tried to rob
North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum Tofte Iron Range Maritime website, North Shore commercial fishermen and their families
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting North Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Scouting website
North Saint Paul Historical Society Museum North Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, website
North West Company Fur Post Pine City Living Reconstructed post from the winter of 1804-05
Old Home Town Museum Stephen Local history website, features period displays, household items, agriculture equipment, personal collections
Old Town Hall History Museum Bloomington Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Bloomington Historical Society
Oliver H. Kelley Farm Elk River Minneapolis – Saint Paul Living 1860s working farm
Osakis Area Heritage Center Osakis Local history information - under Attractions
Otter Tail County Historical Museum Fergus Falls Local history website, exhibits include dioramas and period rooms featuring area natural history, Native Americans, European settlement, agriculture and farm life, and a recreation of a 1910s Main Street
Owatonna Arts Center Owatonna Southeast Minnesota Art website
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting St. Louis Park Minneapolis – Saint Paul Technology Vintage radio and television equipment
Paynesville Area Historical Museum Paynesville Local history website, operated by the Paynesville Area Historical Society
Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village Thief River Falls Northwest Angle Open air website, operated by the Pennington County Historical Society, replica early 20th century village including a museum, two railroad depots, one-room schoolhouse, church, log houses, general store, two-story Victorian house, blacksmith shop and barber shop
Phelps Mill Underwood Mill Turn-of-the-20th-century flour mill is open for seasonal self-guided tours
Pickwick Mill Pickwick Southeast Minnesota Mill 150 year old working model of a commercial gristmill
Pine Island Area History Center Pine Island Southeast Minnesota Local history website
Pipestone County Museum Pipestone Local history website, operated by the Pipestone County Historical Society
Pipestone National Monument Pipestone Native American Pipestone quarry and exhibits
Plainview Area History Center Plainview Local history website
Polaris Experience Center Roseau Northwest Angle Transportation website, history of Polaris Industries, manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATVs, motorbikes and other vehicles
Polish Cultural Institute and Museum Winona Southeast Minnesota Ethnic Polish immigrant life in Winona and the surrounding areas
Polk County Museum Crookston Open air website, operated by the Polk County Historical Society, includes museum with period room displays, household items, general store, doctor’s office, barbershop, communications center (telephone and switchboard center), an 1870 log house, two room prairie house, blacksmith shop, a one room school house and a church
Pope County Museum Glenwood Local history website, information, operated by the Pope County Historical Society
Prairie Village Ada Open air website, operated by the Norman County Minnesota Historical Society, includes pioneer houses, churches, depot, and machinery exhibit building
Purcell-Cutts House Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house 1913 Prairie School style house, operated by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Ramsey County Historical Society Gallery Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, located in the North Lobby of the Landmark Center
Red River History Museum Shelly Local history information, includes 3 working looms, exhibits on local doctors, schools, military uniforms and old toys
Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum Crookston Agriculture website, sugarbeet and agriculture related equipment and memorabilia
Red Wing Pottery Museum Red Wing Southeast Minnesota Pottery website, creation and examples of Red Wing Pottery, operated by the Red Wing Collectors Society
Redwood County Museum Redwood Falls Southwest Local history Operated by the Redwood County Historical Society
R. D. Hubbard House Mankato Local history Operated by the Blue Earth County Historical Society, Victorian period house, local history displays
Renville County Historical Museum Morton Local history website
Rice County Museum of History Faribault Southeast Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Rice County Historical Society
Richfield History Center Richfield Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Richfield Historical Society
Rochester Art Center Rochester Southeast Minnesota Art website, changing exhibits
Roseau County Museum Roseau Northwest Angle Local history website, operated by the Roseau County Historical Society,
Roseau Pioneer Farm and Village Roseau Northwest Angle Open air website
Rourke Art Museum Moorhead Art Works from around the world and many traditions
Runestone Museum Alexandria Open air website, includes Kensington Runestone, pioneer period rooms, Minnesota natural history dioramas, early photos, Norse history, Native American exhibit, and restored Fort Alexandria with school and general store
St. Peter Regional Treatment Center Saint Peter Medical information, museum about former psychiatric treatment facility
Saint Benedict's Monastery St. Joseph Religious Includes the Haehn Museum with exhibits about the history of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Saum Schools Saum School One-room log school (1903) and two-story frame schoolhouse (1912) built as on of Minnesota's first consolidated schools
Schech Mill Caledonia Mill Late 19th century working watermill
Schubert Club Museum of Musical Instruments Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Music Located in the Landmark Center, historic music instruments, letters and other documents of music history
Schwanke's Car, Tractor and Truck Museum Willmar Automotive website, private collection of tractors, cars, trucks, gas engines, gas pumps, signs and more
Science Museum of Minnesota Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Science
Settler’s Square Museum Warren Northwest Angle Open air website, information, operated by the Marshall County Historical Society, depicts an 1880s street with store fronts, antique farm machinery and the UFO Sheriff’s car of Marshall County
Sherburne History Center Becker Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website
Sibley County Historical Society Museum Henderson Local history website, located in the 1880s August F. Poehler House
Sibley House Historic Site Mendota Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house American Fur Company trading post, homes of Henry Hastings Sibley and Jean-Baptiste Faribault, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home Sauk Centre Biographical Boyhood home and museum about author Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis Interpretive Center Sauk Centre Biographical information, also houses the Sauk Chamber of Commerce
Sleepy Eye Area Depot Museum Sleepy Eye Local history website
Soo Line Depot Museum Crosby Iron Range Local history Local history and railroads
Soudan Underground Mine State Park Breitung Township Iron Range Mining Tours of Minnesota's oldest, deepest and richest iron mine
SMSU Art Museum Marshall Southwest Art Part of Southwest Minnesota State University, two galleries and displays around campus
SMSU Natural History Museum Marshall Southwest Natural history Part of Southwest Minnesota State University, plants and animals of southwest Minnesota
Soderlund Pharmacy Museum Saint Peter Medical website, located at Soderlund Village Drug, historic medicines, globes, apothecary bottles, antique pharmacy and medical instruments and an authentic soda fountain
Spam Museum Austin Southeast Minnesota Food All about Spam
Sperry House Willmar Historic house website, operated by the Kandiyohi County Historical Society, 1893 house decorated with turn-of-the-20th-century furnishings
Spicer's Classic Car Museum Chisholm Iron Range Automotive website
Spirit of Peace Indian Museum Pipestone Native American website, local Native American history
Split Rock Lighthouse Two Harbors Iron Range Maritime Includes the original tower and lens, the fog signal building, the oil house, and the three keepers' houses
St. Louis County Historical Society Museum Duluth Iron Range Local history website, part of the Duluth Depot
Stans Museum Shakopee Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Scott County Historical Society, history of Scott County and entrepreneur Maurice Stans
Staples Historical Society Museum Staples Local history information, period displays
Stearns History Museum St. Cloud Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website
Stevens County Historical Society & Museum Morris Local history website
Stone House Museum Marine on St. Croix Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website, information, housed in a former jail
Story Lady Doll & Toy Museum Albert Lea Toy website
Swensson Farm Museum Montevideo Southwest Farm information
Swift County History Museum Benson Southwest Local history website
Tacy's House Mankato Historic house website, operated by the Betsy-Tacy Society
Terrace Mill Sedan Open air website, includes 1903 flour mill, 1870s log cabin, cottage with Scandinavian furnishings and folk art, located in the Terrace Mill Historic District
Third Floor Gallery Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art website, part of Metropolitan State University
Todd County Historical Society Museum Long Prairie Local history information, information
Tower Train Museum Tower Iron Range Railroad Includes 1910 Duluth and Iron Range Railway class K-1 2-8-0 (number 1218) steam locomotive
Traverse County Historical Museum Wheaton Local history information, information, includes replications of a meat market, a dentist’s office, home living quarters and a general store
Treaty Site History Center Saint Peter Local history website, operated by the Nicollet County Historical Society, includes exhibits about the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
Tweed Museum of Art Duluth Iron Range Art Part of University of Minnesota Duluth, strengths in American landscape painting
Twin City Model Railroad Museum Saint Paul Minneapolis – Saint Paul Railroad website, located in Bandana Square
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center Twin Valley Local history website, local history, rotating art gallery and information center
Two Harbors Light Two Harbors Maritime Oldest operating lighthouse in the US state of Minnesota
United States Hockey Hall of Fame Eveleth Iron Range Hall of fame
Universal Laboratories Museum Dassel Local history website, operated by the Dassel Area Historical Society
Vasa Museum Vasa Southeast Minnesota Local history information, early Swedish heritage
Verndale Museum Verndale Local history website, operated by the Verndale Historical Society
Village of Yesteryear Owatonna Southeast Minnesota Open air website, operated by the Steele County Historical Society, turn-of-the-20th-century village includes two log cabins, railroad station and a caboose, general store/post office, fire station, farm machinery building, blacksmith shop, country school, 1868 Dunnell mansion, and 1891 St. Wenceslaus of Moravia Church
Virginia Area Historical Society Museum Virginia Iron Range Local history website, includes exhibits on the logging era, Virginia's two major fires, and the trolley line
Voyageurs National Park International Falls Iron Range Local history Museum in visitor center at Rainy Lake Visitor Center, interpretive exhibits at Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center
Wabasha County Historical Society useum Reads Landing Local history brochure
Wadena County Historical Society Museum Wadena Local history website
Walker Art Center Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul Art Contemporary art museum with adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Wanda Gag House New Ulm Biographical Home of artist Anton Gag and children's author Wanda Gag
Warden's House Museum Stillwater Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic house Turn-of-the-20th-century home used by 13 prison wardens from 1853 to 1914, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Warroad Heritage Center Warroad Northwest Angle Local history information, exhibits include fishing, industry, ranching, boating, Native Americans, and transportation
Waseca County Historical Society Museum Waseca Local history website
Washburn-Zittleman House Museum Spring Valley Local history website, includes turn of the 20th century furnishing, quilts, toys, period kitchen, agriculture machinery, operated by the Spring Valley Community Historical Society
Washington County Courthouse Stillwater Minneapolis – Saint Paul Historic site Tours by appointment or self-guided
Watkins Museum & Store Winona Southeast Minnesota History website, history and memorabilia from J.R. Watkins Apothecary
Watonwan County Historical Center Madelia Local history website
Wayzata Depot Wayzata Minneapolis – Saint Paul Railroad Operated by the Wayzata Historical Society
Wells Fargo History Museum Minneapolis Minneapolis – Saint Paul History website, exhibits include an 1863 Concord Stagecoach, a recreated 1900 Town Bank, gold nuggets, coins and paper currency
Westbrook Heritage House Museum Westbrook Southwest Local history information, restored 1900 depot with local history exhibits and a log cabin from the late 1800s
West Riverside Museum Cambridge Minneapolis – Saint Paul Open air website, operated by the Isanti County Historical Society, includes restored 20th century schoolhouse, 1859 Edblad Pioneer Log Home
Western Hennepin County Pioneer Association Pioneer Museum Long Lake Minneapolis – Saint Paul History website, features period rooms, including the Victorian room, general store, textile room ann music room
Wheels across the Prairie Museum Tracy Southwest Open air website, includes car barn, post office, schoolhouse, train depot, chapel, church, blacksmith shop and pioneer exhibits
White Bear Lake Depot Museum White Bear Lake Minneapolis – Saint Paul Railroad website, operated by the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society
Wilkin Country Historical Museum Breckenridge Local history information, operated by the Wilkin County Historical Society
William A Irvin Floating Ship Museum Duluth Maritime Located in Canal Park, lake freighter museum ship
Winnebago Area Museum Winnebago Local history website
Winona County History Museum Winona Southeast Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Winona County Historical Society, located in a former National Guard Armory
Wm. S. Marvin Training and Visitor Center Warroad Northwest Angle Industry website, information, history and manufacture of Marvin Windows and Doors
The Works Bloomington Minneapolis – Saint Paul Science Technology, engineering and hands-on science
Wright County Historical Society and Heritage Center Buffalo Minneapolis – Saint Paul Local history website
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum Granite Falls Local history information, information

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