Events

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 local responders! We’ll be joined by the Goodhue County Sheriff Department and members of Red Wing’s Police and Fire Departments for a fun afternoon with […]

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 communities and their movements for autonomy, self-determination and liberation in the post-civil rights era in Minneapolis, the Twin Cities and the Nation. These three movements […]

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 of modern and historic lawn games! In case of bad weather, the back-up date will be Tuesday, July 7th. Highlights: Giant Jenga Disc Golf The […]

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, we can consider the “Power of Place” and what was happening here in 1776. Archaeologists know that Native peoples have lived in the Red Wing […]

COMING SOON! Tickets will be available in Red Wing Community Education's summer catalog, coming out in mid-May! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 of a Red Wing neighborhood known for […]