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			Events on Thursday April 6, 2006 Baking Memories: Easter Around the World Mill City Museum, Minneapolis MN Dates: April 6, 2006, April 13, 2006, April 20, 2006, April 27, 2006 Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members. Sample traditional Easter treats from around the world each Thursday night in April as Mill City Museum staff members prepare traditional recipes in the museum's Baking Lab. Each week a different recipe will be featured. Visitors can get baking tips, sample the holiday treats and take home a copy of the recipe. Included with the regular museum admission. First Thursdays: Baseball in Minnesota Mill City Museum, Minneapolis MN Dates: April 6, 2006 Time: Thursday, 7 p.m. Fee: Free Prepare for the opening of the baseball season with a look back at classic moments in Minnesota baseball history. Mill City Museum's monthly program series, "First Thursdays," continues with an illustrated presentation and book signing by Stew Thornley, author of the brand new book, "Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History," from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Visitors can also meet members of the St. Croix vintage baseball team in period clothing who will show off their equipment, explain how the vintage game differs from modern baseball, and highlight their upcoming season. Copies of the book "Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History" will be available for sale in the museum store. See more events in this series Aerial Perspectives: Photographs by Janet S. Karon James J. Hill House, St. Paul MN Closing: May 7, 2006 Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 3:30 p.m. Closed major holidays. Art gallery hours: Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Fee: $2 exhibit only, or free with paid admission for guided tour of Hill House; free for MHS members. This exhibit features nearly 20 large-scale photographs exploring the industrial and sculptural beauty of the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge, which observed its 100th year of operation in 2005. It also includes historic artifacts relating to the bridge. Seth Eastman: Artist on the Frontier Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Closing: May 21, 2006 Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. This exhibit of more than 60 watercolors, oils and sketches by acclaimed American artist Seth Eastman was mostly completed between 1840 and 1848 in Minnesota. Among the largest presentations of Eastman works assembled, it is drawn from two important collections - the Minnesota Historical Society and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacMillan collection. The MacMillan collection of Eastman watercolors was originally owned by art collector James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railway. Works from several other collections complete the exhibition. more... Open House: If These Walls Could Talk Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Closing: January 1, 2007 Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. This interactive exhibit will bring to life the adage "if these walls could talk" by using a single, existing house in the Railroad Island neighborhood on St. Paul's East Side as a window into the daily lives of people of the past. Stories of families, from the first German immigrants through the Italians, African Americans, and Hmong who succeeded them, are told through rooms representing different eras of the house. The exhibit depended on extensive collaboration with St. Paul's East Side residents and students. Sounds Good to Me: Music in Minnesota Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Closing: October 14, 2007 Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. The exhibit features a series of settings where music is produced and enjoyed – a home parlor, a ballroom, a high school band room, a concert hall, a deejay booth, a tent and an instrument store. Visitors can see and hear the stories of Minnesotans whose lives have been affected by music, and mix their own songs in the "Studio 4U." The Society has also an extensive collection of Minneapolis music items featured on the website PUNKFUNKROCKPOP. For more information visit http://www.mnhs.org/music. Tales of the Territory Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Closing: May 31, 2009 Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. Step into Minnesota's earliest years and explore the state's roots as an organized political entity. Eyewitness accounts of life in Minnesota Territory, drawn from letters, journals and articles of the era, as well as multimedia "object theater" devoted to the Dakota and Ojibwe treaties of 1851 are part of the exhibit. Covering 4,000 square feet and including about 150 artifacts, "Tales of the Territory" offers personal glimpses into life at the tumultuous time in the state's history. Be sure to try the online "Tales of the Territory" experience. Going Places: The Mystique of Mobility Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Closing: January 4, 2010 Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. The American passion for mobility has shaped Minnesota. Travel back through time to celebrate the promise of the new, reflect on the consequences of the past, and debate and dream of ways of moving transportation into the 21st century. "Going Places," part of the Minnesota History Transportation Network, is funded in part by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) through the U.S. Department of Transportation. Home Place Minnesota Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. This 20-minute multi-media presentation uses voices, images and artifacts to bring to life a range of emotions about Minnesota as a home. Listen as Minnesota voices read from diaries, poetry and memoirs while photographic images and objects from the Society's collections help create a more complete story. For more information visit http://www.mnhs.org/homeplace. Grainland/Boxcar Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. Grainland traces the journey of wheat and corn from farm to town to grain elevator. Children will enjoy climbing through a replica grain elevator where bins and chutes are replaced with steps and slides and curving nooks and crannies to explore. They can also hop into the vintage 1900 farmer's wagon loaded with grain for market or step into an authentic Soo Line boxcar. For more information visit http://www.mnhs.org/grainland. Weather Permitting Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN Hours: Museum and Stores: Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission 5 to 8 p.m.); Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Monday holidays year round. Holiday Hours Library: Tuesday noon to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends, and major holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Fee: $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. Minnesotans do more than talk about the weather. They learn to cope with extreme temperatures, watch for signs of storms and generally enjoy the outdoors, whether boating on a summer's day, skiing down a hill or snowmobiling along trails through the forests. No matter the weather, it's always a nice day at the History Center when you visit the "Weather Permitting" exhibit. For more information visit http://www.mnhs.org/weather.