Bloomington – We Are Water MN

Bloomington Education and Visitor Center 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington, MN, United States

The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines water issues statewide and in local communities through personal stories, histories, and scientific information. It strengthens Minnesotans’ relationships with water, exposes visitors to new perspectives, and increases participation in water stewardship activities.

Free

Duluth – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

Zeitgeist Center for Arts 222 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN, United States

To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

Free

Edge of the Wilderness – Sketches of Minnesota

Edge Center for the Arts 101 2nd Ave, Bigfork, MN, United States

Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and Edge Center for the Arts for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour! These free events use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities, promote dialogue, bridge divides, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment.

Free

St. Paul – Minnesota Humanities Center at the 2025 MEA Conference

Saint Paul RiverCentre 175 Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN, United States

The Minnesota Humanities Center will be at the annual MEA Conference this year — stop by our table to connect with us and explore resources to bring more diverse voices and perspectives into your classroom.

Free

Fosston – Sketches of Minnesota

Firefly Center of Art and Wellbeing 102 S Kaiser Ave, Fosston, United States

Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and Firefly Center of Art and Wellbeing for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour! These free events use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities, promote dialogue, bridge divides, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment.

Free

Edina – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

Edina Mann Theatre 3911 W. 5th St., Edina, MN, United States

To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

$15

Online – Building Questioning Across the Social Studies Disciplines

Virtual Event

K-12 educators will receive 1 clock hour. Develop strategies for fostering strong questioning skills across the five strands of social studies. Examine a discipline-specific question and how it supports deeper inquiry and critical thinking.

Free

Minneapolis – Building Questioning Across the Social Studies Disciplines

Minnesota Department of Education 400 NE Stinson Blvd, Minneapolis, MN, United States

K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours. Develop strategies for fostering strong questioning skills across the five strands of social studies. Examine a discipline-specific question and how it supports deeper inquiry and critical thinking.

Free

St. Paul – Fall Metro Indian Education Gathering

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Join us for the Fall Metro Indian Education Gathering hosted at the Minnesota Humanities Center. Anyone connected to American Indian Education and/or American Indian students are welcome to attend.

Free

Minneapolis – 50th Anniversary Joint Commemoration Immersive Digital Experience

Royalston Square 501 Royalston Ave, Minneapolis, United States

Walk through a history of the shared – similar yet very different – journeys of the Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese communities, and Minnesota’s U.S. Vietnam Veterans, as they navigated war, refugee camps, and their eventual new lives in the United States.

Free

Ottertail – Sketches of Minnesota

Thumper Pond Resort 300 Thumper Lodge Rd, Ottertail, MN, United States

"Otter Tail County: Bring out your inner otter in the land of 1,048 lakes" Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and New York Mills Arts Retreat and Regional Cultural Center for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour! These free events use laughter and comedy to celebrate Minnesota communities, promote dialogue, bridge divides, and help find ways to work constructively across differences in today’s political environment.

Free

Pedagogy Session – Eras 1 & 2: Indigenous Histories, Settler Colonialism, and Atlantic Slavery

Online
Virtual Event

This pedagogy session will draw on content and sources from both Era 1 and Era 2 of the Navigating U.S. History Eras series. Participants will explore the histories of America’s first peoples before European contact, as well as the development of the institution of slavery and multiple perspectives on European colonization and early American society.

Free