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 the link below. This summer, embark on a county-wide scavenger hunt across 5 museums! Find the answers at each museum and receive a stamp. Collect […]
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 school, at a historic spot off East Avenue & West 4th Street. Then come explore the rural schoolroom inside our museum! Check out the […]
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 it still flows today. Tours will start outside of City Hall and explore the history of the Jordan and some of the historic buildings built […]
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 […]
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 will be served. intimate...heartfelt...The speakers remember how their parents made the decision, as wrenching as Sophie's choice, to part with their children, possibly forever, […]
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 […]
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 its picturesque views. Learn about early indigenous peoples who claimed the hill as sacred ground, colleges that have […]
Join Leah Buysse on a tour where Red Wing’s past walks beside you! Discover Red Wing through the stories of the people who shaped it—and still do. This tour blends factual history with the legends that have become part of our community’s heartbeat. Along the way, you’ll meet the “spirits” of Red Wing: the neighbors, […]
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 exhibits and interacting with a fur trade reenactment group! Plus, view displays of bicentennial (1976) and Independence Day items in the GCHS collection. […]
Join Leah Buysse on a tour where Red Wing’s past walks beside you! Discover Red Wing through the stories of the people who shaped it—and still do. This tour blends factual history with the legends that have become part of our community’s heartbeat. Along the way, you’ll meet the “spirits” of Red Wing: the neighbors, […]
