All are welcome for a special Free Family Fun Day in partnership with Hispanic Outreach and Red Wing High School's Hispanic Students United (H.S.U.)! Celebrate and learn about Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) and Hispanic heritage with an afternoon of family-friendly activities! Highlights include a scavenger hunt, pinatas, story time, and a loteria game! Plus, […]
Mississippi Dialogues Public Art Project: Mississippi Dialogues is a public art collaboration to create a series of panels Indigenizing a map of the Mississippi River. Independent cartographer and Citizen Potawatomi tribal member Margaret Pearce will present about her work collaborating with Prairie Island Tribal Historic Preservation to create a panel for installation in Red Wing, […]
June is Pride Month, and all are welcome for a special presentation from the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) to learn about and celebrate Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ history! Join MNHS staff Jamie Kherbaoui and Lizzie Ehrenhalt, alongside interns Leila Stallone, Luis Valderrama, and Ulysses Swanson for a presentation about their project to map 2SLGBTQIA+ history in […]
Did you know that June is National Dairy Month? Join GCHS and the Goodhue County Dairy Princesses for a dairy-themed afternoon of fun activities! Admission is free for everyone from 12 PM- 3 PM.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to the impending snow storm on March 19th, our History Break with Sara Holger has been postponed. Sara will be joining us for our June History Break instead. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In the decades leading up to the US Civil War, abolitionists from eastern states migrated westward to thwart the expansion of slavery into […]
Board the Red Wing Trolley at the Goodhue County History Center and embark on a special tour of the churches of Red Wing, including stops at seven downtown churches! Journey through time as your tour guide highlights a century of faith in Red Wing from 1850 to1950. You will enjoy beautiful architecture, learn the origin […]
