(Reuters) - For 46 years, a canoe thought to date to the 1700s sat in the back of a display case as a minor exhibit at a small museum run by a volunteer historical group in Minnesota. But this week, ...

One of the last among a former national network of Karpeles museums, the East Hillside attraction remains open while its ...

If the Smithsonian is nicknamed "the nation's attic," then the Minnesota Historical Society is the state's attic. But what about all the stuff in the state's basement, garage, closet and storage ...

Photo of USS Ward's number three gun and its crew-cited for firing the first shot the day of Japan's raid on Hawaii. The gun, which sat for decades on the Minnesota Capitol grounds, was moved to a new ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — If you’ve been to Raspberry Island, you’ve probably noticed new creatures taking over. “We’re now in the final six weeks of the exhibit,” said Minnesota Latino Museum Executive ...

Small towns can offer a variety of businesses, but rarely will you come across one with full-grown dinosaur fossils. That's now the case in Blue Earth, Minnesota. When you think of Blue Earth, you ...

This northern Minnesota museum is a boatload of fun From wooden boats to classic boats to odd boats that maybe should have never been on the lake in the first place. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, ...

Four museums or historical institutions in Minnesota said that they are on track to return or already have repatriated any Native American remains in their collections, and they aren’t covering up or ...

Museums must 'obtain free, prior and informed consent from lineal descendants' of human remains or objects in their collection in order to display them "We have things in our collection that we can't ...