Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life - Ramsey County Historical
Society
2097 W Larpenteur Ave
Falcon Heights, MN
Phone: 612-646-8629
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Statement of Purpose:
The Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah
Life compares the
lives of Minnesota Pioneers with those of the Dakotah Indians who lived
in the region. Costumed interpreters give tours of the site, which
includes a 19th century farm house, a unique
one-room school house, barns, farm animals, a replica sod house,
Dakotah tipi and artifacts, bark lodge, pioneer and Dakotah gardens,
and more.
The museum reflect both early
farm life in Minnesota and pioneer Jane Gibbs’s friendship with the
Dakotah, who camped on the site as they headed north to gather wild
rice.
Highlights:
Exhibits:
Special programs every Sunday.
One-day schoolhouse program for kids in July and August.
Hours:
From May through October: Tuesday
- Sunday: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
