Minnesota Humanities Center

Sparking positive change,
creating a more unified society

Join us in unleashing the power of the humanities.

    Our Work Fostering Curiosity, Connection, and Compassion

    “We should not permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.”

    Booker T. Washington

    Join Us in Creating a More Unified Society

    Learn more about yourself, our communities, and our society or share your unique vision about the human experience or our world.

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    Attend an Upcoming Event

    Sep
    25
    Worthington – Sketches of Minnesota

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center, Danger Boat Productions, and Worthington community for the Sketches of Minnesota civic improv comedy tour!

    Sep
    26
    St. Paul – Learning from Place: Bdote for Educators

    Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive, place-based learning experience that brings participants to sites of deep significance to Dakota people in the Twin Cities. Through stories shared by Dakota community members, educators will engage with histories and perspectives that are often absent from our state’s narrative.

    Sep
    26
    St. Cloud – Headscarf Story Circle Gathering

    The Minnesota Humanities Center is excited to host Headscarf Story Circle – a series of offerings that recognize the strength and resiliency of women.

    Oct
    01
    Online – Content Session – World History Era One: Early Human History (250,000 BCE-2,000 BCE)

    Investigate the origins of humanity through the evidence early people left behind, exploring how historians, archaeologists, and scientists reconstruct the earliest chapters of human history.

    The humanities remind each and every one of us that we are not alone here…When we truly look at what we’re asking and who we are, we can see the beauty that is all around us.

    – Dr. Shelly C. Lowe, former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities

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    We help groups convene and connect around their own programming through rental of our full-service event center in St. Paul.

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