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. Virtual museums which exist only online are not included.


Current museums

Name Image Town/City County Region Type Summary
3M Museum Two Harbors
47°1′15.2″N 91°40′16.2″W / 47.020889°N 91.671167°W		 Lake Arrowhead Industry Honors the early days of the 3M corporation in the office building in which it was founded in 1902. Operated by 3M and the Lake County Historical Society.[1]
Afton Historical Museum Afton
44°54′9″N 92°46′58.5″W / 44.90250°N 92.782917°W		 Washington Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history Period displays, artifacts, and photographs of local history and agriculture, plus a research library. Operated by the Afton Historical Society in an 1868 church building.[2]
Aitkin County Historical Society Depot Museum Aitkin
46°31′53.5″N 93°42′27.5″W / 46.531528°N 93.707639°W		 Aitkin Iron Range Local history Rotating displays of Aitkin County heritage, including Mississippi riverboats and Native American culture. Housed in a 1916 railway station.[3]
Aitkin County Historical Society Log Museum Aitkin
46°31′53.5″N 93°42′29.5″W / 46.531528°N 93.708194°W		 Aitkin Iron Range Local history Period displays of Aitkin County's pioneer days, plus early industrial and agricultural artifacts.[4]
Akeley Paul Bunyan Historical Museum Akeley
47°0′13″N 94°43′50″W / 47.00361°N 94.73056°W		 Hubbard Central Minnesota Local history Artifacts and photographs from Akeley's early days as home to the largest sawmill in Minnesota.[5]
Alexander Faribault House Faribault
44°17′27.7″N 93°16′1.5″W / 44.291028°N 93.267083°W		 Rice Southeast Minnesota Historic house 1853 house of fur trader and town founder Alexander Faribault, with artifacts from the Faribault family and contemporaneous settlers. Operated by the Rice County Historical Society.[6]
Alexander Ramsey House Saint Paul
44°56′29.5″N 93°6′15.5″W / 44.941528°N 93.104306°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house 1868 mansion of early Minnesota governor and founding figure Alexander Ramsey. Operated by the Minnesota Historical Society.[7]
Amador Heritage Center Almelund
45°29′30.5″N 92°47′7″W / 45.491806°N 92.78528°W		 Chisago East Central Minnesota Local history, open air Local memorabilia and replica structures housed in a 1910 school, with an adjacent collection of historic buildings.[8]
American Museum of Asmat Art Saint Paul
44°56′32″N 93°11′27″W / 44.94222°N 93.19083°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Gallery on the art and culture of the Asmat people of southwestern Papua, Indonesia. Housed at the University of St. Thomas.[9]
American Swedish Institute Minneapolis
44°57′18.5″N 93°15′57″W / 44.955139°N 93.26583°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Ethnic Art and cultural center dedicated to Swedish and Swedish American heritage, housed in a 1908 mansion.[10]
Ames-Florida-Stork House Rockford
45°5′12.5″N 93°43′54.5″W / 45.086806°N 93.731806°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house 1861 house with period furnishings charting its ownership by three families. Operated by the Rockford Area Historical Society.[11]
Andrew John Volstead House Granite Falls
44°48′33″N 95°32′24″W / 44.80917°N 95.54000°W		 Yellow Medicine Minnesota River Valley Historic house Home of U.S. Congressman Andrew Volstead from 1894 to 1930. Operated by the Granite Falls Historical Society.[12]
Anoka County History Center Anoka
45°11′59″N 93°23′15″W / 45.19972°N 93.38750°W		 Anoka Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history Exhibits on Anoka County's history and people. Operated by the Anoka County Historical Society in a 1965 library.[13]
Ard Godfrey House Minneapolis
44°59′11.7″N 93°15′20.5″W / 44.986583°N 93.255694°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house Oldest surviving frame house in Minneapolis, built in 1849. Operated by the Woman's Club of Minneapolis.[14]
Arv Hus Museum Milan Chippewa Minnesota River Valley Local history Vintage photographs and objects, plus contemporary sawdust artwork.[15]
Atwater Area Historical Society and Museum Atwater
45°8′14″N 94°46′52″W / 45.13722°N 94.78111°W		 Kandiyohi West Central Minnesota Local history Vintage photographs and objects, plus a collection of military uniforms.[16]
Augsburg Art Galleries Minneapolis
44°57′56.5″N 93°14′29″W / 44.965694°N 93.24139°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Gage Family Art Gallery, Christensen Center Art Gallery, and Student Art Gallery at Augsburg College displaying work by contemporary artists as well as students, alumni, and faculty.[17]
The Bakken Minneapolis
44°56′18″N 93°16′16.5″W / 44.93833°N 93.271250°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Science World's only museum and research library devoted to the medical uses of electricity and magnetism, established by pioneering biomedical engineer Earl Bakken. Housed in a 1928 mansion.[18]
Bartholomew House Museum Richfield
44°52′39.5″N 93°17′18″W / 44.877639°N 93.28833°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house 1852 house of early settler Riley Bartholomew. Operated by the Richfield Historical Society adjacent to the Richfield History Center.[19]
Baseball Hall of Fame Museum of Minnesota Minneapolis
44°58′32″N 93°15′22.2″W / 44.97556°N 93.256167°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Sports Currently closed. Baseball memorabilia collected by Ray Crump, a Minnesota Twins equipment manager; located in a baseball souvenir shop near the Twins' stadium.[20]
Becker County Museum Detroit Lakes
46°49′8″N 95°51′0″W / 46.81889°N 95.85000°W		 Becker Central Minnesota Local history Museum and research library of Becker County history, operated by the Becker County Historical Society.[21]
Bell Museum of Natural History Minneapolis
44°58′40″N 93°14′0″W / 44.97778°N 93.23333°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Natural history Established in 1872 for research and display of the state's plants and animals. Operated by the University of Minnesota.[22]
Beltrami County History Center Bemidji
47°28′3.3″N 94°52′57″W / 47.467583°N 94.88250°W		 Beltrami Northern Minnesota Local history Exhibits and archives of Beltrami County history. Operated by the Beltrami County Historical Society in a 1912 railway station.[23]
Benton County Historical Society and Museum Sauk Rapids
45°35′27″N 94°9′53.5″W / 45.59083°N 94.164861°W		 Benton Central Minnesota Local history Exhibits and archives of Benton County history.[24][25]
Bertha Museum Bertha
46°16′0.3″N 95°3′57.7″W / 46.266750°N 95.066028°W		 Todd Central Minnesota Local history Local artifacts and memorabilia housed in a 1904 bank.[26][27]
Betsy-Tacy Houses Mankato
44°9′20″N 94°0′25″W / 44.15556°N 94.00694°W		 Blue Earth Minnesota River Valley Biographical Facing childhood homes of Maude Hart Lovelace and her best friend, fictionalized by the author in her Betsy-Tacy series. Operated by the Betsy-Tacy Society.[28]
Big Honza's Museum of Unnatural History Montgomery
44°25′15.4″N 93°34′51″W / 44.420944°N 93.58083°W		 Le Sueur Minnesota River Valley Amusement Humorous museum of oversized items credited to a made-up local folk hero.[29]
Big Stone County Museum Ortonville
45°17′49″N 96°25′55″W / 45.29694°N 96.43194°W		 Big Stone Western Minnesota Local history Displays of Big Stone County history, including historical buildings and an international gallery of 500 waterfowl specimens.[30]
Blue Earth County History Center and Museum Mankato
44°9′39.5″N 94°0′7″W / 44.160972°N 94.00194°W		 Blue Earth Minnesota River Valley Local history Exhibits on Blue Earth history, including Dakota heritage, Mankato's classic Front Street, and author Maud Hart Lovelace, operated by the Blue Earth County Historical Society.[31]
Bois Forte Heritage Museum Tower
47°49′34″N 92°20′57″W / 47.82611°N 92.34917°W		 St. Louis Iron Range Native American Heritage of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, including outdoor displays of a birchbark wigwam and a tipi.[32]
Borgstrom House Museum Upsala
45°48′34.5″N 94°34′20″W / 45.809583°N 94.57222°W		 Morrison Central Minnesota Local history Memorabilia of a Swedish American community—including a 1928 REO Speed Wagon firetruck—displayed in a 1913 house. Operated by the Upsala Area Historical Society.[33][34]
Brown County Museum New Ulm
44°18′47″N 94°27′37″W / 44.31306°N 94.46028°W		 Brown Minnesota River Valley Local history Exhibits on Brown County history, including local Century Farms, artist Wanda Gág, and the Dakota War of 1862. Operated by the Brown County Historical Society in an ornate 1910 post office.[35]
Bunnell House Homer
44°1′20.3″N 91°33′34.6″W / 44.022306°N 91.559611°W		 Winona Southeast Minnesota Local history 1850s Carpenter Gothic house of an early settler, interpreting pioneer life; operated by the Winona County Historical Society.[36]
Cahill School and Minnehaha Grange Hall Edina
44°54′38.5″N 93°20′58.6″W / 44.910694°N 93.349611°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Open air 1864 schoolhouse and 1879 Grange hall used as activity space by the Edina Historical Society.[37]
Cannon Falls Historical Museum Cannon Falls
44°30′29.4″N 92°54′12″W / 44.508167°N 92.90333°W		 Goodhue Southeast Minnesota Local history Local artifacts and research material, operated by the Cannon Falls Area Historical Society in an 1888 fire station[38]
Carver County Historical Society Museum Waconia
44°50′56.7″N 93°47′41.6″W / 44.849083°N 93.794889°W		 Carver Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history Contains five galleries on Carver County history, a gallery on local veterans, and a research library.[39]
Cass County Museum Walker
47°6′5″N 94°34′40″W / 47.10139°N 94.57778°W		 Cass Central Minnesota Local history Displays on Cass County history, including the fur trade, lumbering, transportation, and early pioneers, plus a large collection of Ojibwe artifacts and a 1912 schoolhouse; operated by the Cass County Historical Society.[40]
Carlton County History and Heritage Center Cloquet
46°43′17″N 92°27′32″W / 46.72139°N 92.45889°W		 Carlton Iron Range Local history Permanent and rotating exhibits on Carlton County history.[41] Operated by the Carlton County Historical Society in a 1920 library.
Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site Little Falls
45°57′35″N 94°23′13″W / 45.95972°N 94.38694°W		 Morrison Central Minnesota Biographical Boyhood home of aviator Charles Lindbergh, with exhibits in an adjacent visitor center; operated by the Minnesota Historical Society within Charles A. Lindbergh State Park.[42]
Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum Little Falls
45°57′15″N 94°23′25″W / 45.95417°N 94.39028°W		 Morrison Central Minnesota Local history Permanent and rotating exhibits on Morrison County history, including Native American artifacts, local business and industry, and personal and household items; operated by the Morrison County Historical Society.[43]
Charles H. Burwell House Minnetonka
44°56′29″N 93°56′23″W / 44.94139°N 93.93972°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house 1883 Victorian house of a prominent mill manager; operated by the Minnetonka Historical Society.
Chaska History Center Chaska
44°47′14.5″N 93°36′6.5″W / 44.787361°N 93.601806°W		 Carver Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history Exhibits and research collections on town history. Operated by the Chaska Historical Society in an 1890 livery stable.[44]
Children's Discovery Museum Grand Rapids
47°12′23″N 93°31′47″W / 47.20639°N 93.52972°W		 Itasca Iron Range Children's Contains interactive educational exhibits and a large display of dolls.[45] Adjacent to the Judy Garland Museum.[46]
Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center Grand Marais
48°10′7.5″N 90°52′51″W / 48.168750°N 90.88083°W		 Cook Arrowhead Local history Interprets the natural and cultural history of the Gunflint Trail area. Operated by the Gunflint Trail Historical Society and Superior National Forest in a 1930s resort lodge.[47]
Christie House Museum Long Prairie
45°58′32″N 94°51′51″W / 45.97556°N 94.86417°W		 Todd Central Minnesota Historic house 1901 Queen Anne house of an influential local family, with original furnishings and memorabilia.[48]
Clarissa Museum Clarissa
46°7′46.4″N 94°57′2″W / 46.129556°N 94.95056°W		 Todd Central Minnesota Local history Museum of town's early history.[26]
Clearwater County History Center Shevlin
47°31′46″N 95°15′39″W / 47.52944°N 95.26083°W		 Clearwater Northern Minnesota Local history Rotating exhibits and research collections on Clearwater County history; operated by the Clearwater County Historical Society in a 1911 school with additional historical buildings on the grounds.[49]
Clinton Depot Clinton
45°27′35″N 96°26′14″W / 45.45972°N 96.43722°W		 Big Stone Western Minnesota Local history Local memorabilia including war mementos, agricultural equipment, and railroad artifacts housed in an 1885 railway station.[50]
Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio Cokato
45°4′31.5″N 94°11′26″W / 45.075417°N 94.19056°W		 Wright West Central Minnesota Local history Local history museum and the Upper Midwest's only surviving early-20th-century photography studio, with much of its original equipment.[51]
Comstock House Moorhead
46°52′8.5″N 96°46′3″W / 46.869028°N 96.76750°W		 Clay Red River Valley Historic house 1883 Victorian house of an influential family, including politician and businessman Solomon Comstock and his daughter, pioneering female educator Ada Comstock. Operated by the city of Moorhead and the Minnesota Historical Society.[52]
Cook County Historical Museum Grand Marais
47°44′56.5″N 90°19′58″W / 47.749028°N 90.33278°W		 Cook Arrowhead Local history Permanent and rotating exhibits on Cook County history, operated by the Cook County Historical Society in the Grand Marais Light keeper's house.[53]
Cottonwood County Historical Museum Windom
43°51′52″N 95°7′5″W / 43.86444°N 95.11806°W		 Cottonwood Southwest Minnesota Local history Displays on Cottonwood County history from precontact Native Americans to the early 20th century, plus an art gallery and research library; operated by the Cottonwood County Historical Society.[54]
Croft Mine Historical Park Crosby
46°29′30″N 93°57′7″W / 46.49167°N 93.95194°W		 Crow Wing Iron Range Mining Interprets an underground iron mine on the Cuyuna Range active 1916–1934, with original equipment and structures, vintage photographs, and guided tours of a simulated mine.[46]
Cross River Heritage Center Schroeder
47°32′36.5″N 90°53′49.5″W / 47.543472°N 90.897083°W		 Cook Arrowhead Local history Exhibits and period rooms relating to settlement around the Cross River, plus a research archive. Operated by the Schroeder Area Historical Society in a 1929 Tudor Revival inn.[55]
Crosslake Area Historical Society Museum Crosslake
46°40′5″N 94°6′35″W / 46.66806°N 94.10972°W		 Crow Wing Central Minnesota Open air Collection of historical and replica log buildings, including several homesteader cabins, a saloon, a tourist cabin, and a 1923 town hall with local artifacts displayed inside.[56]
Crow Wing County Historical Society Museum Brainerd
46°21′19.5″N 94°12′13″W / 46.355417°N 94.20361°W		 Crow Wing Central Minnesota Local history Exhibits of Crow Wing County history, including logging, railroads, mining, and early home life, housed in a 1917 sheriff's residence/county jail.[57]
Cycling Museum of Minnesota Minneapolis
45°0′48.4″N 93°14′51.5″W / 45.013444°N 93.247639°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Transportation Museum in development on the history, impact, and future promise of cycling. Projected to open in 2015.[58]
Dakota City Heritage Village Farmington
44°37′40″N 93°8′55″W / 44.62778°N 93.14861°W		 Dakota Minneapolis–Saint Paul Open air 22 historical and replica buildings depicting a typical Dakota County village of the year 1900, plus a museum of agriculture and pioneer life; operated by a non-profit organization on the Dakota County Fairgrounds.[59]
Dassel History Center & Ergot Museum Dassel
45°5′10.5″N 94°18′28.5″W / 45.086250°N 94.307917°W		 Meeker West Central Minnesota Local history Permanent and rotating exhibits on local contributions to agriculture and medicine—including the transformation of ergot from plague to drug—and farmer-turned-politician Magnus Johnson. Operated by the Dassel Area Historical Society in a 1937 agricultural laboratory.[60]
Denler Art Gallery Roseville Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Gallery at the University of Northwestern – St. Paul displaying work by national, local, and student artists.[61][62]
Dinehart-Holt House Slayton
43°59′6″N 95°45′19″W / 43.98500°N 95.75528°W		 Murray Southwest Minnesota Historic house 1891 Victorian house of early leading citizens of Slayton. Managed by the Murray County Historical Society.[63]
Dodge County Historical Society Museum Mantorville
44°4′6.5″N 92°45′20″W / 44.068472°N 92.75556°W		 Dodge Southeast Minnesota Local history Local artifacts displayed in an 1869 church, with two adjacent historical structures.[46][64]
Dorothy Molter Museum Ely
47°54′10″N 91°50′2″W / 47.90278°N 91.83389°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Biographical Museum and historic cabins dedicated to longtime wilderness resident Dorothy Molter and the heritage of the Boundary Waters.[65]
Dr. William W. Mayo House Le Sueur
44°27′43.7″N 93°54′54″W / 44.462139°N 93.91500°W		 Le Sueur Minnesota River Valley Historic house 1859 house owned successively by Mayo Clinic founder William Worrall Mayo and three generations of the Cosgrove family who founded Green Giant. Managed by the Nicollet County Historical Society.[66]
Duluth Art Institute Duluth
46°46′53″N 92°6′15″W / 46.78139°N 92.10417°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Art Visual arts organization dating to 1871, offering rotating exhibitions by regional artists as well as workshops at the Duluth Depot and Lincoln Branch Library.[67]
Duluth Children's Museum Duluth
46°45′29″N 92°7′58.5″W / 46.75806°N 92.132917°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Children's Nation's fifth-oldest children's museum, established in 1930.[68]
Duluth Depot Duluth
46°46′53″N 92°6′15″W / 46.78139°N 92.10417°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Multiple 1892 railway station housing the Duluth Art Institute, Lake Superior Railroad Museum, St. Louis County Historical Society Museum, and several performing arts organizations.[69]
Eagle Bend Museum/Library Eagle Bend
46°9′54″N 95°2′9″W / 46.16500°N 95.03583°W		 Todd Central Minnesota Local history Local artifacts and memorabilia, in a building shared with the Eagle Bend Public Library.[26]
East Polk Heritage Center Fosston
47°34′18″N 95°44′30″W / 47.57167°N 95.74167°W		 Polk Red River Valley Local history Local artifacts displayed in an 1887 house and a replica log cabin, plus a restored schoolhouse.[70]
Edna G. Tugboat Two Harbors
47°1′0.8″N 91°40′21.4″W / 47.016889°N 91.672611°W		 Lake Arrowhead Maritime Great Lakes tugboat in service 1896–1981. Operated by the Lake County Historical Society.[71]
Edina History Museum Edina
44°52′33.5″N 93°20′40.5″W / 44.875972°N 93.344583°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history Permanent and rotating exhibits of town history, plus a research library. Operated by the Edina Historical Society.[72][73]
Ed's Museum Wykoff
43°42′24.8″N 92°16′5″W / 43.706889°N 92.26806°W		 Fillmore Southeast Minnesota Americana Former grocery store displaying the belongings of local character and lifelong hoarder Ed Krueger, including toys, packaging, magazines, player piano rolls, and a dead cat, all willed to the city and organized by the Wykoff Progressive Club.[74][75]
Eidem Homestead Brooklyn Park
45°8′13″N 93°20′12″W / 45.13694°N 93.33667°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Living history Turn-of-the-20th-century living history farm with a Victorian farmhouse, barn, and live animals. Managed by the city of Brooklyn Park.[76]
Ely Art & Heritage Center Ely
47°54′20″N 91°50′20″W / 47.90556°N 91.83889°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Multiple Operated by Ely Greenstone Public Art in the city's Pioneer Mine buildings, exhibits about the former iron mine and art exhibits[77]
Ely–Winton History Museum Ely
47°54′20″N 91°50′20″W / 47.90556°N 91.83889°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Local history Displays on local history, including the Ojibwe, voyageurs, logging, mining, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Housed on the campus of Vermilion Community College.[78][79]
End O' Line Railroad Park & Museum Currie
44°4′29″N 95°39′54″W / 44.07472°N 95.66500°W		 Murray Southwest Minnesota Open air Railroad and frontier life, with vintage locomotives and rolling stock, an original railway turntable, historical buildings, and a model train layout. Operated by Murray County.[80]
Etta C. Ross Memorial Library Museum Blue Earth
43°38′18.3″N 94°5′54.4″W / 43.638417°N 94.098444°W		 Faribault Minnesota River Valley Local history Local records and artifacts housed in a 1904 library. Operated by the Faribault County Historical Society.[81]
Eugene Saint Julien Cox House St. Peter
44°19′56.5″N 93°57′42″W / 44.332361°N 93.96167°W		 Nicollet Minnesota River Valley Historic house Restored 1871 Italianate house of a founder and early leader of St. Peter. Operated by the Nicollet County Historical Society.[82]
Evansville Historical Foundation Evansville
46°0′15″N 95°41′1″W / 46.00417°N 95.68361°W		 Douglas Vikingland Open air Historical and replica buildings, including two 19th-century houses, a country schoolhouse, 1892 log cabin, a sod house, pioneer church, and a town hall, with some indoor exhibits and a research library.[83]
Excelsior–Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Museum Excelsior
44°54′6″N 93°34′1″W / 44.90167°N 93.56694°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history History of the south Lake Minnetonka area, including the 1893 racing scow Onawa and exhibits on the Excelsior Amusement Park in operation 1925–1974. Housed in a former railway station.[84]
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Granite Falls Yellow Medicine Minnesota River Valley Military website, features fully operational, active aircraft and vehicles from World War II, also fine art, bronze sculptures, interactive multimedia displays
Farmamerica Waseca
44°4′56″N 93°37′2″W / 44.08222°N 93.61722°W		 Waseca Southern Minnesota Agriculture Minnesota's agricultural heritage, featuring an 1850s farm, 1930s farm, visitor center, antique tractors and machinery, and several historical buildings. Also known as the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center.[85]
Fillebrown House White Bear Lake
45°5′6″N 93°0′11″W / 45.08500°N 93.00306°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house 1879 lakeside cottage, operated by the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society.[86]
Fillmore County History Center Museum Fountain
43°44′18″N 92°8′15″W / 43.73833°N 92.13750°W		 Fillmore Southeast Minnesota Local history Artifacts from Fillmore County history, including agricultural equipment, women's and children's clothing, period displays, two Bernard Pietenpol airplanes, and a one-room schoolhouse. Operated by the Fillmore County Historical Society.[87]
Finland Minnesota Heritage Site Finland
47°24′7″N 91°11′49″W / 47.40194°N 91.19694°W		 Lake Arrowhead Open air Exhibits and historical structures interpreting the pioneer heritage of eastern Lake County. Operated by the Finland Minnesota Historical Society on an 1890s homestead.[88]
Finn Creek Open Air Museum New York Mills
46°27′16″N 95°19′55″W / 46.45444°N 95.33194°W		 Otter Tail Vikingland Open air Local Finnish American heritage represented by original and relocated structures on a 1900 farmstead, including a smoke sauna, sawmill, and town hall.[89]
Firefighters Hall & Museum Minneapolis
45°0′35″N 93°15′16.5″W / 45.00972°N 93.254583°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Firefighting Historical vehicles, equipment, displays, and a research library on firefighting in Minnesota.[90]
Fishing Hall of Fame of Minnesota Baxter Crow Wing Central Minnesota Sports website, located in the Gander Mountain store, state's sport fishing heritage
Fitger's Brewery Museum Duluth
46°47′33″N 92°5′25″W / 46.79250°N 92.09028°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Food Memorabilia of Minnesota's most successful brewery, in operation 1881–1972. Housed within the historic brewery complex, which is now a mall.[91]
Folsom House Taylors Falls
45°24′2″N 92°39′15″W / 45.40056°N 92.65417°W		 Chisago East Central Minnesota Historic house 1855 house of lumber magnate W.H.C. Folsom, with many of its original furnishings. Operated by the Taylors Falls Historical Society.[92]
Forest History Center Grand Rapids
47°13′47″N 93°33′54″W / 47.22972°N 93.56500°W		 Itasca Iron Range Industry Human history of Minnesota's forests, interpreted via a visitor center, early-20th-century logging camp, 1930s U.S. Forest Service station, nature trails, and environmental programs. Operated by the Minnesota Historical Society.[93]
Fort Belmont Jackson Jackson Southwest Minnesota Military Recreated 1860s-period settler's fort, open seasonally[94]
Fort Ridgely Fairfax
44°27′11″N 94°44′4″W / 44.45306°N 94.73444°W		 Nicollet Minnesota River Valley Military Indoor exhibits in a reconstructed building and foundation ruins of a frontier U.S. Army fort in service 1853–1867, site of the Battle of Fort Ridgely in 1862. Operated by the Nicollet County Historical Society.[95]
Freeborn County Historical Museum Albert Lea
43°39′35.5″N 93°21′35.5″W / 43.659861°N 93.359861°W		 Freeborn Southern Minnesota Local history History of Freeborn County, with period displays and a 19th-century pioneer village.[96]
Fridley History Center Fridley
45°5′11.8″N 93°15′19.6″W / 45.086611°N 93.255444°W		 Anoka Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history Artifacts and displays of town history. Operated by the Fridley Historical Society in a 1931 schoolhouse.[97]
Gallery of Wood Art Saint Paul
44°56′44″N 93°5′50″W / 44.94556°N 93.09722°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Exhibits a variety of contemporary art made from wood, plus educational displays and vintage lathes. Operated by the American Association of Woodturners in Landmark Center.[98]
Gammelgården Museum Scandia
45°15′6″N 92°48′28″W / 45.25167°N 92.80778°W		 Washington East Central Minnesota Ethnic Interprets Swedish immigration to Minnesota, particularly in the years 1850–1880, through historical buildings and artifacts.[99]
Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life Falcon Heights
44°59′35″N 93°11′17″W / 44.99306°N 93.18806°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Open air 1849 farmstead with original, relocated, and replica buildings, plus replica Dakota dwellings and gardens; operated by the Ramsey County Historical Society.[100]
Gideon H. Pond House Bloomington
44°48′48″N 93°16′16.8″W / 44.81333°N 93.271333°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house 1856 house with replica 1852 wing, owned by Gideon Hollister Pond, early missionary to the Dakota. Operated by the city of Bloomington in Pond–Dakota Mission Park.[101][102]
Gilfillan Estate Morgan
44°27′46″N 94°59′40″W / 44.46278°N 94.99444°W		 Redwood Minnesota River Valley Agricultural, historic house Large 1882 farm with an ornate farmhouse, outbuildings, and antique machinery. Operated by the Redwood County Historical Society.[103]
Glensheen Historic Estate Duluth
46°48′54.5″N 92°3′6.5″W / 46.815139°N 92.051806°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Historic house 39-room mansion built 1905–08 for entrepreneur Chester Congdon, with much of its original contents and furnishings. Operated by the University of Minnesota Duluth.[104]
Goldstein Museum of Design Falcon Heights
44°59′6.5″N 93°11′0.4″W / 44.985139°N 93.183444°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Research collection and rotating exhibit space dedicated to applied arts such as clothing, pottery, and graphic design. Operated by the University of Minnesota's College of Design.[105]
Goodhue County Historical Society Museum Red Wing
44°33′33″N 92°32′36.7″W / 44.55917°N 92.543528°W		 Goodhue Southeast Minnesota Local history Permanent and temporary exhibits on Goodhue County history, including Native Americans, natural history, daily life, and special events. Operated by Minnesota's oldest county historical society, established in 1869.[106]
Gordon Parks Gallery Saint Paul
44°57′28.5″N 93°4′31.3″W / 44.957917°N 93.075361°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Teaching gallery at Metropolitan State University featuring works by Gordon Parks and diverse rotating exhibits.[107]
Grand Portage National Monument Grand Portage
47°57′45″N 89°41′5″W / 47.96250°N 89.68472°W		 Cook Arrowhead History Reconstructed North West Company trading post and modern visitor center interpreting Ojibwe heritage and the North American fur trade. Operated by the National Park Service.[108]
Grant County Museum and Veterans' Memorial Hall Elbow Lake
45°59′38.3″N 95°58′33″W / 45.993972°N 95.97583°W		 Grant Western Minnesota Local history Displays of Grant County history, including paleontology, Native American and pioneer artifacts, and military memorabilia, plus a restored log cabin and one-room school. Operated by the Grand County Historical Society.[109][110]
Great Lakes Aquarium Duluth
46°46′44.5″N 92°6′0″W / 46.779028°N 92.10000°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Aquarium Aquarium displaying freshwater species from the Great Lakes region and the Amazon River, including birds and otters, plus exhibits on physical sciences.[111]
Greyhound Bus Museum Hibbing
47°26′18″N 92°56′22″W / 47.43833°N 92.93944°W		 St. Louis Iron Range Transportation Origins of Greyhound Lines, a local enterprise that grew into the world's largest bus company. Features 17 vintage buses including the founders' original 1914 Hupmobile.[112]
Grimm Farm Historic Site Laketown Township
44°53′5″N 93°43′1″W / 44.88472°N 93.71694°W		 Carver Minneapolis–Saint Paul Agricultural 1859 farm of Wendelin Grimm, who developed the first winter-hardy alfalfa in North America, enabling widespread dairy farming in the Upper Midwest. Operated by Three Rivers Park District within Carver Park Reserve.[113]
Gustaf Anderson House Lindstrom Chisago East Central Minnesota Historic house Operated by the Chisago County Historical Society, local history exhibits[114]
Harkin's General Store West Newton Nicollet Minnesota River Valley History Operated by the Nicollet County Historical Society
Hay Lake School and Erickson Log House Museum Scandia Washington East Central Minnesota School, Historic house Operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Headwaters Science Center Bemidji Beltrami Northern Minnesota Science website, hands-on science exhibits
Hennepin History Museum Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history History and culture of Hennepin County
Heritage and Wind Power Learning Center Lake Benton Lincoln Southwest Minnesota Multiple Visitors center, local history museum and wind power learning center[115]
Heritage Village East Grand Forks Polk Red River Valley Open air Historical and replica buildings, with tours and living history demonstrations.[116]
Hewitt Museum Hewitt Todd Central Minnesota Local history Local artifacts and memorabilia housed in a historic school building, operated by the Hewitt Historical Society[117]
Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center Moorhead Clay Red River Valley Local history Includes interpretation of the Hjemkomst Viking Ship, Hopperstad Stave Church Replica, Red River Valley Exhibition and changing exhibits
Hibbing Historical Museum Hibbing St. Louis Iron Range Local history Operated by the Hibbing Historical Society[118]
Highpoint Center for Printmaking Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art website, changing exhibits of prints
Hillstrom Museum of Art St. Peter Nicollet Minnesota River Valley Art website, part of Gustavus Adolphus College
Hinckley Fire Museum Hinckley Pine East Central Minnesota Local history Story of 1894 fire and rebuilding of the town
Historic Chippewa City Montevideo Chippewa Minnesota River Valley Open air Turn of the 20th century village with 23 buildings, operated by the Chippewa County Historical Society[119]
Historic Forestville Preston Fillmore Southeast Minnesota Living history Located in Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 1899 rural village, owned by the Minnesota Historical Society
Historic Fort Snelling Fort Snelling Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul 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
History Center of Olmsted County Rochester Olmsted 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 Otter Tail Vikingland Local history website
Holz Farm Eagan Dakota Minneapolis–Saint Paul Agricultural, living history Working farmstead park, operated by the City[120]
Hooper-Bowler-Hillstrom House Belle Plaine Scott Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house Furnishings include three periods - 1850s and 1860s, Victorian, and early 20th century
Hopkins Historical Society Museum Hopkins Hennepin 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 Houston Southeast Minnesota Open air website, complex includes the museum, Presbyterian church, pioneer home, town hall, school and agriculture machinery building
Hubbard County Historical Museum Park Rapids Hubbard Central Minnesota 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 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Western Hennepin County Pioneer Association
International Wolf Center Ely
47°54′21″N 91°49′40″W / 47.90583°N 91.82778°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Natural history Education and research facility dedicated to wolves, with exhibits, programs, and a 1.25-acre (0.51 ha) habitat with live wolves.[121]
Iron Range Historical Society Gilbert St. Louis Iron Range Local history
Isanti County Historical Society Heritage Center Cambridge Isanti East Central Minnesota Local history website, includes 1870s Pioneer Home Museum, local history exhibits
Itasca Heritage Center Grand Rapids Itasca Iron Range Local history Operated by the Itasca County Historical Society, includes exhibits about the woolly mammoth, Judy Garland and the Gumm family, paper industry, Native Americans, pioneers[122]
In Their Own Words Perham Otter Tail Vikingland Military website, interactive exhibits and oral histories of soldiers, prisoners of war and the effects of war on communities
Jackson County Historical Museum Lakefield Jackson Southwest Minnesota Local history Operated by the Jackson County Historical Society[123][124]
James J. Hill House Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house Gilded Age mansion of railroad magnate James J. Hill, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Jeffers Petroglyphs Comfrey Cottonwood Southwest Minnesota Native American Site with pre-contact Native American petroglyph and visitor center with exhibits
John H. Stevens House Minneapolis Hennepin 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 Brown Minnesota River Valley Historic house website, home of politician John Lind
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery Grand Marais Cook Arrowhead Art Non-profit art gallery operated by the Cook County Historical Society, features local, regional, and national artists in revolving exhibits [125]
Joseph R. Brown Minnesota River Center Henderson Sibley West Central Minnesota Local history Settlement and cultural history of the Mississippi River Valley, operated by the Joseph R. Brown Heritage Society in a historic courthouse[126]
J.R. Watkins House Plainview Wabasha Southeast Minnesota Historic house Operated by the Plainview Area History Center, exhibits on J.R. Watkins Apothecary company, now Watkins Incorporated[127]
Judy Garland Museum Grand Rapids
47°12′21.8″N 93°31′47″W / 47.206056°N 93.52972°W		 Itasca Iron Range Biographical website, birthplace home of actress and singer Judy Garland
Julian H. Sleeper House Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art 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 Kanabec East Central Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Kanabec County Historical Society, exhibition hall, reference library, art gallery
Kandiyohi County Museum Willmar Kandiyohi West Central Minnesota 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 Chisago East Central Minnesota Ethnic Home that was the inspiration for author Vilhelm Moberg's The Emigrants series, demonstrates Swedish heritage, located in Ki-Chi-Saga Park[128][129]
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Duluth St. Louis Arrowhead History Changing exhibits based on the collections
Katherine E. Nash Gallery Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Part of the University of Minnesota, features changing exhibits of local and national art
Kensington Historical Museum Kensington Douglas Vikingland Local history Operated by the Kensington Area Heritage Society, open by appointment[130]
Kittson County History Center and Museum Lake Bronson Kittson Red River Valley Local history Operated by the Kittson County Historical Society[131][132]
Knute Nelson House Alexandria Douglas Vikingland Historic house Operated by the Douglas County Historical Society, restored turn-of-the-20th-century home of U.S. Senator Knute Nelson[133]
Koochiching Historical Museums International Falls Koochiching Northern Minnesota Local history Includes Koochiching Historical Museum with local history exhibits, and attached Bronko Nagurski Museum about 1930s-1940s football player Bronko Nagurski, located in Smokey Bear Park[134][135]
Kremer House Library and Museum Minnesota Lake Faribault Southern Minnesota Local history [136]
Lac qui Parle History Center Madison Lac qui Parle Western Minnesota Open air website, complex includes Lac qui Parle County Museum, 1870s log cabin, 1887 rural schoolhouse, agriculture equipment and early transportation, study of poet Robert Bly, operated by the Lac qui Parle Historical Society
Lac qui Parle Mission Montevideo
45°1′25.5″N 95°52′5.4″W / 45.023750°N 95.868167°W		 Chippewa Minnesota River Valley History Reconstructed 1835 mission where the first Dakota language dictionary and Bible were compiled. Operated by the Chippewa County Historical Society.[137]
Lake County Historical Depot Museum Two Harbors
47°1′8″N 91°40′12″W / 47.01889°N 91.67000°W		 Lake Arrowhead Local history
Lake of the Woods County Museum Baudette Lake of the Woods Northern Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Lake of the Woods County Historical Society, includes representative 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 St. Louis Arrowhead Railroad Part of the Duluth Depot, features many locomotives and over 40 pieces of rolling stock
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center Duluth St. Louis Arrowhead 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 Scott Minneapolis–Saint Paul Living history 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 Ramsey 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 Redwood Southwest Minnesota 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
Lawshe Memorial Museum South Saint Paul Dakota Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history Operated by the Dakota County Historical Society[138]
LeDuc Historic Estate Hastings Dakota Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house Operated by the Dakota County Historical Society, Victorian period mansion[138]
Le Sueur Museum Le Sueur Le Sueur Minnesota River Valley Local history Includes history of the Green Giant Company, radio room, early schools and hotels, post office, agriculture, art, military and bands in Le Sueur[139]
Lincoln County Pioneer Museum Hendricks Lincoln Southwest Minnesota Open air Six buildings that represent a pioneer town from the late 1800s and early 1900s[140][141]
Lower Sioux Agency Interpretive Center Sherman Township Redwood Minnesota River Valley Native American History center and open-air museum on Dakota life before, during, and after the Dakota War of 1862. Co-managed by the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation and the Minnesota Historical Society.[142]
Lund-Hoel House Canby Yellow Medicine Southwest Minnesota Historic house website, turn-of-the-century Victorian period house
Lyle's Logging Camp and Museum Cass Lake Cass Central Minnesota Industry, local history Reconstructed early-20th-century logging camp and adjacent museum housed in a former railway station.[143]
Lyon County Museum Marshall Lyon Southwest Minnesota Local history website
Mantorville Restoration House Mantorville Dodge Southeast Minnesota Historic house website, 1856 former county office building and jail, also adjacent 1850s log cabin and carriage house
Marshall Area Fine Arts Council Marshall Lyon Southwest Minnesota Art website, changing exhibits
Martin County Historical Society Pioneer Museum Fairmont Martin Southwest Minnesota Local history website, period displays
McIntosh Heritage & Arts Center McIntosh Polk Red River Valley Local history [144]
McLeod County Historical Society Hutchinson McLeod West Central Minnesota Local history website, history of the communities in McLeod County, also paintings of wildlife artist Les Kouba
Meeker County Historical Museum Litchfield Meeker West Central Minnesota Local history
Melrose Area Museum Melrose Stearns Central Minnesota 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
Mill City Museum Minneapolis Hennepin 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 Mille Lacs East Central Minnesota Railroad
Mille Lacs Indian Museum Onamia Mille Lacs East Central Minnesota Native American Culture of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society
Millersburg Schoolhouse Museum Millersburg Rice Southeast Minnesota Education website, founded and supported by the Christdala Preservation Association
Milwaukee Road Heritage Center Montevideo Chippewa Minnesota River Valley Railroad History of the Milwaukee Road in the area
Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Contemporary art and design exhibitions
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Features an encyclopedic collection of approximately 100,000 objects[145] 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".[146] The Asian collection includes Chinese architecture, jades,[147] bronzes, and ceramics.[146]
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Minneapolis Hennepin 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 Hennepin 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 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Military website, aircraft and memorabilia, open on event days
Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame Museum St. Cloud Stearns Central Minnesota Sports Memorabilia from Minnesota's numerous minor league, town, school, and club baseball teams. Housed in the River's Edge Convention Center.[148]
Minnesota Children's Museum Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Children's
Minnesota Discovery Center Chisholm St. Louis Iron Range Mining Formerly Ironworld Discovery Center, area's mining and local history
Minnesota Governor's Residence Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house Tours offered by the Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota History Center Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul History Main museum of the Minnesota Historical Society, history of Minnesota, also changing exhibits of national and international history
Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum Alexandria
45°53′24.5″N 95°22′45.7″W / 45.890139°N 95.379361°W		 Douglas Vikingland Maritime Exhibits on the regional heritage of elegant lake resorts, boating, and fishing.[149]
Minnesota Machinery Museum Hanley Falls Yellow Medicine Southwest Minnesota Agriculture website, features 5 buildings with agriculture equipment and farm life displays
Minnesota Marine Art Museum Winona 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 Morrison Central Minnesota Military Located in Camp Ripley
Minnesota Museum of American Art Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Focus on regional and Minnesota artists
Minnesota Museum of Mining Chisholm St. Louis Iron Range Mining website, iron mining
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame New Ulm Brown Minnesota River Valley 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
45°15′19″N 94°6′38″W / 45.25528°N 94.11056°W		 Wright West Central Minnesota 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 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul History
Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum Owatonna Steele Southeast Minnesota History History of orphanage from 1886 to 1945
Minnesota Streetcar Museum Minneapolis Hennepin 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 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Railroad Jackson Street Roundhouse location in St. Paul features equipment and regional railroad history
Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum Falcon Heights Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Medical website, part of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota
Monongalia Historical Society and Museum New London Kandiyohi West Central Minnesota Local history [150]
Moose Lake Agate and Geological Center Moose Lake Carlton Iron Range Geology Exhibit hall on Lake Superior agates (the state gemstone) and the geology of Minnesota. Located in Moose Lake State Park.[151]
Moose Lake Depot and Fires of 1918 Museum Moose Lake Carlton Iron Range Local history Exhibits about area railroads and the 1918 Cloquet Fire
Mower County Historical Society Austin Mower 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 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 Murray Southwest Minnesota 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 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Maritime Steamboat Minnehaha cruises between Excelsior and Wayzata
Museum of Russian Art Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Russian art from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially Soviet-era art
National Eagle Center Wabasha Wabasha Southeast Minnesota Natural history Live rehabilitated eagles and eagle, wildlife, and conservation exhibits
Nemeth Art Center Park Rapids Hubbard Central Minnesota Art website, features permanent collection of 15th–19th century European paintings, changing art exhibits and historical displays, located in the former Hubbard County Courthouse
New Brighton History Center New Brighton Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Railroad website, an 1887 railroad depot museum of railroad artifacts, historical pictures, area maps, caboose, railroad work cart, baggage carts and mail cart, operated by the New Brighton Historical Society
New York Mills Regional Cultural Center New York Mills Otter Tail Vikingland Art website, rural art and culture center, changing art exhibits
North American Bear Center Ely St. Louis Arrowhead Natural history Exhibits about the natural history of bears found in North America, live American black bear ambassadors[152]
North Oaks Farm North Oaks Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Farm Preserved 5-acre farm with dairy, blacksmith shop and red barn, open for events
North Saint Paul Historical Society Museum North St. Paul
45°0′54.4″N 92°59′11.7″W / 45.015111°N 92.986583°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history website
North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum Tofte
47°34′34″N 90°49′53.5″W / 47.57611°N 90.831528°W		 Cook Arrowhead Industry, maritime Exhibits celebrating the people and technology that established commercial fishing on the harsh North Shore of Lake Superior.[153]
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting North St. Paul
45°0′52″N 92°59′15″W / 45.01444°N 92.98750°W		 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Scouting Collection of over 150,000 items on the history of scouting in the Upper Midwest.[154]
North West Company Fur Post Pine City Pine East Central Minnesota Living history Reconstructed post from the winter of 1804-05
Northfield Historical Society Museum Northfield Rice Southeast Minnesota Local history website, housed in the last bank Jesse James tried to rob
Old Home Town Museum Stephen Marshall Red River Valley Local history website, features period displays, household items, agriculture equipment, personal collections
Old Town Hall History Center Bloomington Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Bloomington Historical Society
Oliver H. Kelley Farm Elk River Sherburne Central Minnesota Agricultural, living history 1860s working farm
Osakis Area Heritage Center Osakis Douglas Vikingland Local history information
Otter Tail County Historical Museum Fergus Falls Otter Tail Vikingland 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 Steele Southeast Minnesota Art website
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting St. Louis Park Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Technology Vintage radio and television equipment
Paynesville Area Historical Museum Paynesville Stearns Central Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Paynesville Area Historical Society
Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village Thief River Falls Pennington Red River Valley 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
Peterson Station Museum Peterson Fillmore Southeast Minnesota Local history Local artifacts and research material in an 1877 railway station.[155]
Phelps Mill Underwood Otter Tail Vikingland Industry Turn-of-the-20th-century flour mill is open for seasonal self-guided tours
Pickwick Mill Pickwick Winona Southeast Minnesota Industry 150 year old working model of a commercial gristmill
Pine Island Area History Center Pine Island Goodhue Southeast Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Pine Island Historical Society
Pipestone County Museum Pipestone Pipestone Southwest Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Pipestone County Historical Society
Pipestone National Monument Pipestone Pipestone Southwest Minnesota Native American Pipestone quarry and exhibits
Plainview Area History Center Plainview Wabasha [Southeast Minnesota Local history Housed in a former church[127]
Polaris Experience Center Roseau Roseau Northern Minnesota Industry website, history of Polaris Industries, manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATVs, motorbikes and other vehicles
Polish Cultural Institute and Museum Winona Winona Southeast Minnesota Ethnic Polish immigrant life in Winona and the surrounding areas
Polk County Museum Crookston Polk Red River Valley 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 & History Center Glenwood Pope Vikingland Local history website, operated by the Pope County Historical Society
Prairie Village Ada Norman Red River Valley Open air Operated by the Norman County Minnesota Historical Society, 12 historic buildings that tell the story of the county’s beginning[156][157]
Purcell-Cutts House Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic house 1913 Prairie School style house, operated by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Ramsey County Historical Society Gallery Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history website, located in the North Lobby of the Landmark Center
Raptor Ridge Museum Spicer Kandiyohi West Central Minnesota Natural history Private collection of Native American artifacts, dinosaur bones and fossils, seashells, butterflies, rocks and minerals[158]
Red River History Museum Shelly Norman Red River Valley Local history Includes 3 working looms, exhibits on local doctors, schools, military uniforms and old toys, operated by the Norman County Historical Society in a former school[156][157]
Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum Crookston Polk Red River Valley Agriculture website, sugarbeet and agriculture related equipment and memorabilia
Red Wing Marine Museum Red Wing Goodhue Southeast Minnesota Industry A collection of boat motors manufactured by a notable local company in operation 1902–1979, plus rotating exhibits on boat and river history, housed in an 1884 waterworks.[159]
Red Wing Pottery Museum Red Wing Goodhue Southeast Minnesota Pottery website, creation and examples of Red Wing Pottery, operated by the Red Wing Collectors Society
Redwood County Museum Redwood Falls Redwood Minnesota River Valley Local history Operated by the Redwood County Historical Society, includes period rooms, artifacts of local history and culture
R. D. Hubbard House Mankato Blue Earth Minnesota River Valley Historic house Victorian period house, operated by the Blue Earth County Historical Society
Renville County Historical Museum Morton Renville Minnesota River Valley Local history Operated by the Renville County Historical Society[160][161]
Rice County Museum of History Faribault Rice Southeast Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Rice County Historical Society, exhibits include a Main Street business display, notable residents, natural history, military history, Sellner Manufacturing
Richfield History Center Richfield
44°52′40″N 93°17′17″W / 44.87778°N 93.28806°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Local history website, operated by the Richfield Historical Society, provides tours of the historic Riley Lucas Bartholomew House
Rochester Art Center Rochester Olmsted Southeast Minnesota Art Changing exhibits of contemporary art
Roseau County Museum Roseau Roseau Northern Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Roseau County Historical Society
Roseau Pioneer Farm and Village Roseau Roseau Northern Minnesota Open air website, includes over 15 historic buildings
Rourke Art Museum Moorhead Clay Red River Valley Art Works from around the world and many traditions
Runestone Museum Alexandria Douglas Vikingland 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. James Historical Museum St. James Watonwan Southern Minnesota Local history Operated by the St. James Chapter Watonwan County Historical Society in the Little White Historical Church[162]
St. Louis County Historical Society Museum Duluth St. Louis Arrowhead Local history website, part of the Duluth Depot
St. Peter State Hospital Museum St. Peter Nicollet Minnesota River Valley Medical Museum about former psychiatric treatment facility later known as St. Peter Regional Treatment Center, open by appointment[163][164]
Saint Benedict's Monastery St. Joseph Stearns Central Minnesota Religious Includes the Haehn Museum with exhibits about the history of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Sauk Centre Area Historical Society Museum Sauk Centre Stearns Central Minnesota Local history Local artifacts and research material housed in a 1904 Carnegie library.[165][166]
Saum Schools Battle Township Beltrami Northern Minnesota School One-room log school (1903) and two-story frame schoolhouse (1912) built as on of Minnesota's first consolidated schools
Schaefer Gallery St. Peter Nicollet Minnesota River Valley Art Art gallery of Gustavus Adolphus College[167]
Schech Mill Caledonia Houston Southeast Minnesota Industry Late-19th-century working watermill
Schubert Club Museum of Musical Instruments Saint Paul Ramsey 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 Kandiyohi West Central Minnesota Transportation website, private collection of tractors, cars, trucks, gas engines, gas pumps, signs and more
Science Museum of Minnesota Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Science
Settler's Square Museum Warren Marshall Northern Minnesota 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
The Shed Warroad Roseau Northern Minnesota Automobile website, open by appointment, collection of classic and muscle cars, automotive, sports and music memorabilia
Sherburne History Center Becker Sherburne Central Minnesota Local history website
Sibley County Historical Society Museum Henderson Sibley West Central Minnesota Local history website, located in the 1880s August F. Poehler House
Sibley House Historic Site Mendota Dakota 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 Stearns Central Minnesota Biographical Boyhood home and museum about author Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis Museum Sauk Centre Stearns Central Minnesota Biographical Displays and artifacts pertaining to author Sinclair Lewis, including his writing desk. Located in the Sinclair Lewis Interpretive Center.[168]
Sleepy Eye Area Depot Museum Sleepy Eye Brown Minnesota River Valley Local history Operated by the Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society[169][170]
Soo Line Depot Museum Crosby Crow Wing Iron Range Local history Local history and railroads
Somali Museum of Minnesota Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul website, Somali and East African heritage
Soudan Underground Mine State Park Breitung Township St. Louis Iron Range Mining Tours of Minnesota's oldest, deepest and richest iron mine
SMSU Art Museum Marshall Lyon Southwest Minnesota Art Part of Southwest Minnesota State University, two galleries and displays around campus[171]
SMSU Museum of Indigenous Americans Marshall Lyon Southwest Minnesota Art Part of Southwest Minnesota State University, Native American artifacts including pottery, artwork, baskets, projectile points[172]
SMSU Natural History Museum Marshall Lyon Southwest Minnesota Natural history Part of Southwest Minnesota State University, plants and animals of southwest Minnesota[173]
Spam Museum Austin Mower Southeast Minnesota Food All about Spam
Sperry House Willmar Kandiyohi West Central Minnesota Historic house website, open by appointment with the Kandiyohi County Historical Society, 1893 house decorated with turn-of-the-20th-century furnishings
Spirit of Peace Indian Museum Pipestone Pipestone Southwest Minnesota Native American website, local Native American history
Split Rock Lighthouse Two Harbors Lake Arrowhead Maritime Includes the original tower and lens, the fog signal building, the oil house, and the three keepers' houses
Spring Valley Methodist Church Museum Spring Valley Fillmore Southeast Minnesota Local history Housed in former church attended by the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder, local history exhibits, operated by the Spring Valley Community Historical Society
Stans Museum Shakopee Scott Minneapolis–Saint Paul Multiple website, operated by the Scott County Historical Society, history of Scott County and entrepreneur Maurice Stans, African and Native American artifact collections
Staples Historical Society Museum Staples Todd Central Minnesota Local history Period displays[26]
Stearns History Museum St. Cloud Stearns Central Minnesota Local history Two-story museum of Stearns County history, established in 1982 within a 100-acre (40 ha) park.[174]
Stevens County Historical Museum Morris Stevens Vikingland Local history website, operated by the Stevens County Historical Society
Stone House Museum Marine on St. Croix Washington East Central Minnesota Local history Housed in a former town hall and jail[175]
Swensson Farm Museum Montevideo Chippewa Minnesota River Valley Agriculture Operated by the Chippewa County Historical Society, turn-of-the-century 22 room brick farm home and buildings on a 17 acre farmstead[176]
Swift County History Museum Benson Swift West Central Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Swift County Historical Society
Terrace Mill Sedan
45°30′39″N 95°19′15″W / 45.51083°N 95.32083°W		 Pope Vikingland Open air website, includes 1903 flour mill, 1870s log cabin, cottage with Scandinavian furnishings and folk art, located in the Terrace Mill Historic District
Todd County Historical Society Museum Long Prairie Todd Central Minnesota Local history Education and research center on Todd County history[177]
Tower Train Museum Tower St. Louis Arrowhead Railroad Includes 1910 Duluth and Iron Range Railway class K-1 2-8-0 (number 1218) steam locomotive, exhibits of local history, operated by the Tower-Soudan Historical Society
Traverse County Historical Society Museum Wheaton Traverse Western Minnesota Local history Includes replications of a meat market, a dentist’s office, home living quarters and a general store[178]
Treaty Site History Center St. Peter Nicollet Minnesota River Valley Local history website, operated by the Nicollet County Historical Society, includes exhibits about the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
Tweed Museum of Art Duluth St. Louis Arrowhead Art Part of University of Minnesota Duluth, strengths in American landscape painting
Twin City Model Railroad Museum Saint Paul Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Railroad website, located in Bandana Square
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center Twin Valley Norman Red River Valley Local history website, local history, rotating art gallery and information center
Two Harbors Light Station Two Harbors
47°0′50.5″N 91°39′50″W / 47.014028°N 91.66389°W		 Lake Arrowhead Maritime Minnesota's oldest operating lighthouse, completed in 1892. Managed by the Lake County Historical Society, offering tours, exhibits, and bed & breakfast accommodations.[179]
United States Hockey Hall of Fame Eveleth St. Louis Arrowhead Sports
Vasa Museum Vasa Goodhue Southeast Minnesota Local history Early area Swedish heritage[180]
Verndale Museum Verndale Wadena Central Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Verndale Historical Society, open by appointment
Village of Yesteryear Owatonna Steele 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 St. Louis 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 Koochiching Northern Minnesota Local history Museum in visitor center at Rainy Lake Visitor Center, interpretive exhibits at Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center
Wabasha County Historical Museum Reads Landing Wabasha Southeast Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Wabasha County Historical Society in the Reads Landing School
Wadena County Historical Society Museum Wadena Wadena Central Minnesota Local history website
Walker Art Center Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Contemporary art museum with adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Wanda Gág House New Ulm Brown Minnesota River Valley Biographical Home of artist Anton Gág and children's author Wanda Gág
Warden's House Museum Stillwater Washington 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 Roseau Northern Minnesota Local history Exhibits include fishing, industry, ranching, boating, Native Americans and transportation[181]
Waseca County Historical Society Museum Waseca Waseca Southern Minnesota Local history website
Washburn-Zittleman House Museum Spring Valley Fillmore Southeast Minnesota 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 Washington Minneapolis–Saint Paul Historic site Tours by appointment or self-guided
Watkins Museum & Store Winona Winona Southeast Minnesota History website, history and memorabilia from J.R. Watkins Apothecary, now Watkins Incorporated
Watonwan County Historical Center Madelia Watonwan Southern Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Watonwan County Historical Society
Wayzata Depot Wayzata Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Railroad Operated by the Wayzata Historical Society
Weisman Art Museum Minneapolis
44°58′23″N 93°14′14″W / 44.97306°N 93.23722°W		 Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Art Art museum with permanent collections of American modernism, Koren furniture, and Mimbres pottery. Operated by the University of Minnesota in a 1993 building designed by Frank Gehry.[182]
Wells Fargo History Museum Minneapolis Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul History Exhibits include an 1863 Concord Stagecoach, a recreated 1900 Town Bank, gold nuggets, coins and paper currency
Westbrook Heritage House Museum Westbrook
44°2′23″N 95°26′7″W / 44.03972°N 95.43528°W		 Cottonwood Southwest Minnesota Local history Restored 1900 depot with local history exhibits and a log cabin from the late 19th century.[183]
West Riverside Museum Cambridge Isanti East Central Minnesota 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 Hennepin 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
44°14′17″N 95°38′8″W / 44.23806°N 95.63556°W		 Lyon Southwest Minnesota 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 Ramsey Minneapolis–Saint Paul Railroad website, operated by the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, exhibits of railroad and local history
Wilkin County Historical Museum Breckenridge Wilkin Western Minnesota Local history Operated by the Wilkin County Historical Society[184]
William A. Irvin Duluth
46°46′58″N 92°5′50″W / 46.78278°N 92.09722°W		 St. Louis Arrowhead Maritime Retired lake freighter with a 14,000-ton cargo capacity and luxury passenger quarters, in service 1938–1978.[185]
Winnebago Area Museum Winnebago Faribault Southern Minnesota Local history website, houses one of the largest privately held Native American artifacts collections in the state
Winona County History Museum Winona Winona Southeast Minnesota Local history Operated by the Winona County Historical Society, located in a former National Guard Armory[36]
Wm. S. Marvin Training and Visitor Center Warroad Roseau Northern Minnesota Industry website, history and manufacture of Marvin Windows and Doors
The Works Bloomington Hennepin Minneapolis–Saint Paul Science Technology, engineering and hands-on science
Wright County Heritage Center Buffalo
45°12′19″N 93°51′48″W / 45.20528°N 93.86333°W		 Wright West Central Minnesota Local history website, operated by the Wright County Historical Society
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum Granite Falls
44°48′12.2″N 95°32′45″W / 44.803389°N 95.54583°W		 Yellow Medicine Minnesota River Valley Local history [186]
Zumbrota Area Historical Society and Museum Zumbrota Goodhue Southeast Minnesota Local history website

Defunct museums

See also

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