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MinneCulture explores the people, culture, and art that are inspiring, shaping, and changing Minnesota every day. We go beyond the gallery walls to tell stories about artists and people who live, work and create here.

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A More Humane Society

Posted March 16, 202300:26:28

The history of the Animal Humane Society offers a jaw-dropping glimpse into Minneapolis life in the late 1800s. This was a time when horses struggled...

The African American Cultural Center: A History of Collaboration and Connection in Minnesota

Posted March 2, 202300:16:40

Ta-Coumba Aiken and Seitu Jones are two Twin Cities based artists that have international reputations. Forty years ago, the two were part of the vibrant...

Like a Comet Streaking Across the Sky: The Investigative Journalism of Eva Valesh

Posted February 16, 202300:19:53

Eva Valesh was only 22 when she first went undercover to report on women workers in the 1880s for the St. Paul Globe. She wrote under the pseudonym...

Artifact or Artifice: The Kensington Runestone Hoax

Posted February 2, 202300:27:12

In the late 1800’s, European immigrants — mostly German and Scandinavian — flooded Minnesota, and the population boomed like few other times in...

Protecting the Common Loon

Posted January 19, 202300:21:57

With its haunting call, distinctive black and white plumage, and intense, almost otherworldly red eyes, the Common Loon is an icon of northern Minnesota...