Events

For Visitors ages 14 & under: Be a History Detective this summer and explore local history! Pick up a free booklet at any participating museum or print your own using […]

Magic is returning to Red Wing this summer and GCHS is joining in on the fun! Take a look around downtown and see if you can spot our fairy house...or […]

Join GCHS on a walking tour of downtown Red Wing, following the historic route of the Jordan Creek. This waterway once divided the downtown area before being driven underground, where […]

Photo: GCHS Collections, Red Wing Fire Department emergency vehicles parked outside of fire house in 1978 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Learn about the history of first responders in Goodhue County and meet some […]

Join James Curry for a discussion on his recent project, Soul Force! The exhibition Soul Force: The Movements of Memory explores the collaboration and connection between Black, Indigenous and Chicano […]

Join us for a film screening with Anderson Center Artist-In-Residence Melissa Hacker! Enjoy her documentary My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports, followed by audience Q & A. Light refreshments […]

GCHS is teaming up with the Red Wing Public Library during their summer reading program! Families are welcome to stop by Central Park and join us in playing a variety […]

Join us as we continue the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States! While we know that Minnesota was not part of the U.S. during the Revolutionary Era, […]

Why does College Avenue take you up College Hill, but there is no college? Join local historian and author, Todd Walsh, on a new walking tour that spans the history […]

The United States turns 250 years old this year, and we're celebrating with our annual ice cream social! What was happening in Minnesota in 1776? Find out by exploring our […]