The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently added 40 books and 272 maps related to Minnesota's highway history to the Minnesota Digital Library, including planning information, proposed routes, and transcripts from public hearings.
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The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) has released its first annual Contributor's Choice exhibit, featuring favorite items chosen by nine of MDL’s contributing organizations.
Are you feeling cooped up but also don’t want to leave the house because it’s winter? If so, check out the Minnesota Digital Library's latest online map exhibit on winter recreation in Minnesota from the comfort of your couch.
The Minnesota Digital Library has a new contributor, the Minnesota Academy of Science (MAS). MAS has shared founding documents, short histories of the Academy, and programs from annual meetings.
MDL Outreach Coordinator Molly Huber is hosting a Minitex Conversation on how to put together new MDL projects on Tuesday, January 17th.
Timelines are useful tools for teaching and learning about people, places, and events in the past. The Minnesota Digital Library has started creating interactive online timelines that place historical images, documents, maps, and more at specific moments in time. Explore these timelines to engage with our digital collections in a new way.
The Minnesota Digital Library has published a resource guide exploring this year's National History Day theme: Frontiers in History using materials from our digital collections.
Are you looking for new ways to teach students how to develop critical thinking and historical analysis skills? Help them “Think Like a Historian” with Primary Source Sets from the Minnesota Digital Library. These sets bring together primary and secondary sources in new ways to help students better understand historic events in their context.
The Minnesota Digital Library released a new online exhibit that explores the history of apple growing in Minnesota and traces the impact of early fruit breeding to today.
The Minnesota Digital Library is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 project year.
Historical content from Minnesota's cultural heritage organizations, all in one place