Double-barrel percussion rifle reportedly used by Parker J. Pierce during the US–Dakota War of 1862.

Hand-sewn, unbleached cotton muslin skirt or petticoat with seven holes near the hem. Mary Schwandt Schmidt's mother made the skirt in the spring of 1862 from the cover of the wagon in which the Schwandt family came to Minnesota. Mary Schwandt Schmidt was wearing the skirt when she was captured during the US–Dakota War of 1862. The holes near the hem are reportedly bullet holes, though the holes no longer retain their circular shape.

For six weeks in 1862, war raged throughout southwestern Minnesota. There were many causes. The fighting and its aftermath changed the course of the state's history, and descendants of those touched by the war continue to live with the trauma it caused.

Meals On Wheels packaging machine invented by Oscar C. Howard. Manufactured between 1970 and 1990.

Spices packet manufactured by Oscar Howard Frozen Foods, Inc., in Minneapolis, ca. 1980.

A slideshow contrasts video footage of the Minnesota State Capitol in 2017 with photographs of the building earlier in its history.

Toolbox and carpenter's tools used by William Martin Knudsen during construction of the 1905 Minnesota State Capitol. Contains forty-eight woodworking tools, including drill bits, planes, files, and two hand saws.

The Minnesota Historical Society talks to Janseen Hang, senior organizer at the Hmong American Farmers Association.

The Storied: Queer Voices series interviews Andrea Jenkins, a poet, writer, transgender activist, and educator. Jenkins, a Ward 8 council member and vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University and teaches poetry at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She is a co-editor of Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride. Her book of poetry is titled The T is Not Silent: new and selected poems. Her writing is also featured in the MNHS Press books Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota and A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota.

Bud Nakasone, who worked as a Japanese linguist at Fort Snelling during World War II, describes his path from Hawaii to Minnesota.