Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)

The original front façade of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) at 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, June 3, 2018. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.

Inmate Publications at State Institutions

At the end of the nineteenth century, inmates at the Minnesota State Prison in Stillwater began publishing a newsletter written and edited by fellow prisoners. For the first time in US history, inmates at a state institution created a regular periodical that was fully their own at every level of production. They used it to discuss news, share their literary and artistic works, and organize for institutional change. Called the Prison Mirror, the newsletter served as a model for similar publications produced by inmates at nearly all of Minnesota’s state hospitals, correctional facilities, and state schools.

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Plaque on Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in St. Paul's Summit Park. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, June 19, 2020.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, St. Paul

Designed to commemorate people who served in the US military during the Civil War, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in St. Paul (sometimes called the Josias King Memorial) was erected in 1903. Crowning the monument is a statue of Josias R. King, who is widely regarded as the first US volunteer in the Civil War. King also participated in violent campaigns to punish Dakota people after the US–Dakota War of 1862, known as the Punitive Expeditions. These included the Massacre of White Stone Hill, in which the US military killed hundreds of Native men, women, and children. King's participation in the massacre has complicated his presence in the monument.

John Karl Daniels

John Karl Daniels

Sculptor John K. Daniels with an unidentified woman, ca. 1950.

Toppled Christopher Columbus statue on a truck

Toppled Christopher Columbus statue on a truck

The Christopher Columbus statue outside the Minnesota State Capitol sits on a flatbed truck after a group including self-identified members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) tore it down on June 10, 2020. Photograph by Tony Webster; CC BY-SA 2.0.

Christopher Columbus statue torn down

Christopher Columbus statue torn down

A statue of Christopher Columbus—part of a memorial on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol—lies on the ground after a group including self-identified members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) tore it down on June 10, 2020. Photograph by Tony Webster; CC BY 2.0.

 Christopher Columbus Memorial plaque

Christopher Columbus Memorial plaque

Plaque added to the Columbus Memorial on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol by the Christopher Columbus Memorial Association in 1992. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, 2019.

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