Minnesota State Seal

The original Great Seal of Minnesota was created by men who tied their fortunes to the progress (as they defined it) and settlement of the state, often at the expense of Native Americans. Starting in the late 1960s, critics of the seal argued that its imagery reflected an anti-Native American bias. In 2023, a State Emblems Redesign Commission chose a new design for the seal intended to better represent twenty-first-century Minnesota.

North Star flag

North Star flag

Flag design created by Rev. William Becker and Lee Herold in 2001 as a candidate for a new Minnesota state flag. The horizontal bands of blue, white, and green represent Minnesota’s skies, winters, farms, and forests, while the wavy lines suggest the state’s rivers and lakes.

State seal of Minnesota, 1983–

State seal of Minnesota, 1983–

The state seal of Minnesota in use since 1983.

Apollo 17 moon rock and Minnesota state flag plaque

Apollo 17 moon rock and Minnesota state flag plaque

Plaque with a miniature Minnesota state flag and a chunk of moon rock embedded in Lucite. The flag was carried to the moon by the spacecraft America during the December 17–19, 1972, as part of the Apollo XVII mission. The rock is from the Taurus Littrow valley of the moon and technically known as "Sample 70017." This is a "Goodwill Moon Rock," one of which was presented to each state and 135 countries by President Nixon in 1973.

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1968

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1968

Minnesota state flag made by Fillmore & Bradbury in Minneapolis ca. 1968. This version of the flag was in use between 1957 and 1983.

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1960

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1960

Minnesota state flag made in Minneapolis by H. S. Crocker Company, ca. 1960.

Minnesota state flag, 1958

Minnesota state flag, 1949

The Minnesota state flag held aloft on June 28, 1949, in celebration of the creation of Minnesota Territory one hundred years earlier.

Minnesota state flag, 1936

Minnesota state flag, 1936

A Works Progress Administration artist makes a true proportion sketch from the original Minnesota state flag. The sketch was used to make copies of the flag for state occasions. Photograph by the St. Paul Daily News, 1936.

White side of the Minnesota state flag, ca. 1900

White side of the Minnesota state flag, ca. 1900

The white side of the Minnesota state flag, ca. 1900.

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1898

Minnesota state flag, ca. 1898

Minnesota state flag made in Minneapolis ca. 1898 by Pauline and Thomane Fjelde, the makers of the original 1893 flag. The Fjelde sisters presented the flag to the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

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