More from Local History
Do you want more from local history? Here are some additional ways for you to get hands-on with historical content from the comfort of your own home.
Self-Guided
HISTORY
Sign out a piece of Local Learning Luggage filled with educational materials for classroom or nursing home activities alike. Free to use! Stop in at the History Center or call 507-454-2723 ext. 0 to reserve or sign out one of the topic suitcases:
1. Native American and Dakota Heritage: We have compiled educational resources from local Indigenous Nations, the Minnesota Historical Society and our own material.
2. Artifact Activities: Use a variety of artifacts to hone reasoning skills and concepts of time. Learn how objects and inventions change over time and what makes something an artifact.
Take a virtual tour of one of Winona’s landmark parks with this intuitive Windom Park Historic District Story Map.
Scroll through the story map to learn more and explore the Windom Park history in the heart of downtown Winona.
Use your mobile device to register for the FREE Winona’s Glorious Glass Tour. When you “play” the tour, each stop provides photographs, physical addresses, maps, and historic information about stained glass sites of interest in Winona, “the stained glass capital of America.” Participate in photo challenges and collect prizes along the way!
Click, print, and color your own stained glass window or Winona postcard. What are your favorite sites around Winona County?
MN Collections offers a look into Winona County Historical Society’s photograph and artifact collections. With over 200 items to showcase, it page is sure to keep you busy learning about the Winona County of the past and what you might still see in the present.
Navigate to the WCHS Minnesota Digital Library Page to investigate the selection of digitized images from Winona County Historical Society collections! From school buildings to famous entertainers to river travel, this photographic compilation will carry you back to early days in Winona County.
Browse the MNopedia site to find information on important people, places, and moments in the Winona County and greater Minnesota regions.
Other Learning
OPPORTUNITES
The Winona County Historical Society (WCHS), Winona State University (WSU) and Geospatial Services (GSS) from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (SMUMN) have formed a partnership to produce shared resources that can be used to educate the Winona community about the local ecological history of the area.
Scroll through the story map to learn more and explore the ecological history of Winona!
These online resources will help you dig into the past and present of Native Nations in Minnesota.
Honoring Dakota Project | Red Wing, MN
Hoċokata Ṫi | Shakopee, MN
Our Home: Native Minnesota | St. Paul, MN
Many Voices, Many Stories, One Place | St. Paul, MN
US Dakota War of 1862 | Online resource
Subscribe to the FREE Winona County Historical Society E-Newsletter to keep up with the latest events, programs, classes, exhibits, and other big happenings at the History Center! Whether you are WCHS member, an educator, a potential volunteer, or a generally interested member of the public, these email notifications help you to keep up with the area’s latest in history news.
Looking for consistent, historic content that piques your interest and keeps you coming back for more? Check out the History Center Blog.
From building histories to natural disasters to stunning personal stories, this blog is the place to find the historic “scoop” on Winona County.
