The Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum is the principal activity of the Military Historical Society of Minnesota, a non-profit educational organization chartered to preserve and explain Minnesota’s military history. The Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum strengthens the public understanding of how armed conflicts and military institutions have shaped our state and national experience. The museum does so by documenting, preserving and explaining military history as it was lived by the people of Minnesota. The museum also functions as a major repository in Minnesota for historical artifacts and records of a military nature.

While visiting the museum, you can learn why and how events unfolded as they did. You will gain an appreciation for the actions and sacrifices of Minnesota citizens who served in all branches of service and on the home front—in times of peace and times of war—from our state’s early frontier days up to the present.

The Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum is a salute to the military spirit and enduring accomplishments.