Preserve Minneapolis

07/17/2025

Burlap bag manufacturing, grocery wholesale, vertical car assembly and train bridges all made up a North Loop of the past! The Preserve Minneapolis walking tour group had a fantastic morning making a loop of the area to learn more about the sites, and preservation efforts to reuse this historical and beautiful infrastructure today. Attendees also received the newly published North Loop Neighborhood Guide from  to continue their exploration on their own using the list of historical plaques in there - thank you to the association for including these!

06/26/2025

Summer is upon us, and our walking tour season is well under way with another exciting weekend of tours! Check out these and other offerings on our website and link in bio!

05/06/2025

It’s our favorite season of the year: Walking Tour Season!

Tour registration is now open! Check out returning favorites and exciting new tours while we explore Minneapolis’s rich architectural and social history!

Tours in May include the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus, Art Deco, and American Arts & Crafts.

Link to these and many more tours at our link in bio!

05/02/2025

Join us virtually for the RESCHEDULED fourth and final lecture of the 2024-2025 lecture series on Wed., May 21 at 6:30pm.

Augsburg University Campus has been in Minneapolis since 1872 and has evolved over the past 150 years. From Old Main (National Registry of Historic Places) to the Christensen Center, James G. Lindell Library, Sverdrup Hall and more, it’s a fascinating look at preservation and loss and what the future holds for this beautiful campus.

KRISTIN ANDERSON is a Professor Emerita of Art & Design at Augsburg University. Kristin is on the Minnesota State Board for National Registry of Historic Places designations.

Free event, but registration required. Info in our link in bio!

02/26/2025

You’re invited!

Join Minneapolis Chapter, and Heritage Preservation Commission as we recognize and celebrate preservation projects, stories, and those people who have advanced the cause of preservation in our community.

The event is free but registration required! Link to Eventbrite registration in our bio!

01/30/2025

Unfortunately tomorrow’s lecture with Kristin Anderson has been postponed due to illness. Thank you to all those you registered for this sold-out event and our apologies for the last-minute change.

01/11/2025

Join us virtually on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 6:30pm for the third of our lecture series, Preservation and Loss: A History of the Augsburg University with Kristin Anderson.

Augsburg University Campus has been in Minneapolis since 1872 and has evolved over the past 150 years.  From Old Main (National Registry of Historic Places) to the Christensen Center, James G. Lindell Library, Sverdrup Hall and more, it’s a fascinating look at preservation and loss and what the future holds for this beautiful campus.

Kristin Anderson is a Professor Emerita of Art & Design at Augsburg University.  Kristin serves on the Minnesota State Review Board for National Registry of History Places and Designations and is past president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Lecture is free with a suggested donation but registration required. More info at our link in bio!

12/03/2024

Join us next week Wed., Dec. 11 at 6:30pm at Hennepin History Museum and virtually for our next lecture: Funk, Folk, Punk and More! Places that brought Minneapolis Music to the World with Minneapolis-based historian Kristen Zschomler.

Explore Minneapolis’s diverse and vibrant music history with local historian Kristen Zschomler. From Prince and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis’ creation of “The Minneapolis Sound” to Bob Dylan and the Cedar-Riverside folk scene to the high-energy punk rock of bands like Hüsker Dü and The Replacements, Kristen will take you on a musical and geographical journey through the city’s rich sonic heritage and will explore the social factors that lead to the development of so many influential musical genres.

Kristen Zschomler is a Minneapolis-based historian who researches and writes about places associated with Prince, The Minneapolis Sound, and music history in the Twin Cities. Kristen’s work resulted in two Prince places being recognized as historically significant in the National Register of Historic Places and as Minneapolis historic landmarks, preserving his legacy. Kristen is also the co-owner of SoundAround Music Tours, an innovative self-guided, GPS-led, audio tour app that tells the stories of Minneapolis’s music scene and artists including Prince, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Bob Dylan, and many more.

11/25/2024

Do you enjoy our summer walking tours? Got a penchant for preservation? A love of logistics? Agree Minneapolis is THE BEST city for history? Then this position is for you!

We are hiring for our Tour Coordinator position! This is a part-time, contracted role that supports our popular walking tour season. To express your interest, please email a resume and cover to jpquade@preserveminneapolis.

11/21/2024

Have you "given to the max" today? Want to support historic preservation in Minneapolis? You've come to the right place. Your donations keep our summer walking tours, lecture series, events, and all programming free and/or affordable.

As a volunteer-led organization with no paid staff, your support is critical to our mission. Please consider "giving to the max" for Preserve Minneapolis today!

https://www.givemn.org/donate/Preserve-Minneapolis

11/19/2024

Thursday is Give to the Max Day, and we would love your support! Your donation helps make our programming possible. If you like our summer walking tours and lecture series or want to show your love for historic preservation, please consider donating and help us reach our Give to the Max goal.

Just click the link below and you'll be helping our small, volunteer-run organization continue to bring you quality programming for years to come. Thank you!!

Preserve MinneapolisPromoting and Celebrating the City’s Historic Architectural and Cultural ResourcesWe are a 100% donor-supported and volunteer-led nonprofit organization advocating historic preservation in Minneapolis. We recently launched a historic preservation...

10/31/2024

No tricks, just treats here! We’re happy to announce our 2024-2025 lecture series!!

We’ll be kicking off the season with Kate Solomonson’s lecture on Minnesota’s First Public Housing Project, Sumner Fields Homes on Wed., Nov 13 at 6:30pm. Learn more about this and the rest of the series at our link in bio!