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The Hopkins Historical Society
33 14th Ave N
Hopkins, MN 55343
952-548-6480
www.hopkinsmnhistoricalsociety.org

Since 1972, the Hopkins Historical Society has been dedicated to preserving the history of the Hopkins community. They are a resource center of over 5000 photographs depicting historical Hopkins including county fairs, the Raspberry Festival, schools and economic development. The Historical Society is also fortunate to have inherited, collected and preserved many Hopkins artifacts dating back to 1856 and local newspapers from the mid-1920's.

The Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that is supported by its 150-person membership. They host membership meetings featuring a guest speaker and publish a quarterly newsletter. The dedicated volunteers spend much of their time responding to inquiries of a particular Hopkins resident, historical event, development or activity.

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The Hopkins Historical Society documents, preserves and classifies historical records, interprets material unique to our local history, gathers artifacts and materials to exhibit the story of Hopkins and serves as community historians to children and adults.

Events

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Becoming a Member

For only $10/yr, you may become a member of the Hopkins Historical Society. Membership includes a quarterly newsletter and meeting announcements. Please call for more information.

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Meetings

General meetings are held on the 4th Sunday of selected months at 2:30 pm. The meetings are held at the Hopkins Activity Center. Meeting topics are always lively with plenty of time for refreshments and reminiscing. Call the Society at 952-548-6480 for more information.

Hopkins Historic Homes Committee

The Historic Homes Committee identifies and catalogs historic Hopkins Homes. Once a year, proclamations are awarded to two or three Hopkins homes. The Committee meets every other month on the second Wednesday.

If anyone has a home they would like to have considered for a proclamation or have any questions about the Historical Homes Project, please send an email to

Archives

The Historical Society has many artifacts, photographs and written documents. Please call to make an appointment to view any of the Historical Archives.

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  • Over 100 Audio Taped Interviews with Hopkins Families
  • City Records
  • High School Year Books, 1934-
  • Book, Postcards, Family Scrapbook, Phonograph Records, Films and Sheet Music
  • Raspberry Festival Memorabilia
  • Hopkins Directories, 1934-
  • Women's Club Records, 1908-
  • Community Maps, 1854-
  • The Hennepin County Review, 1925-
  • Sun Sailor Newspapers, 1969-
  • Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company and Minneapolis Moline Memorabilia
  • Over 6000 Photographs
  • Hopkins Historical Society Meeting and Hopkins Event Video Tapes
  • Obituary Records - Some on Microfiche, 1960-
  • Family Genealogies
  • Local Church History

Board of Directors

President
Dean Empanger
952-938-8304		 Treasurer
Henry Pokorny
952-935-5878		 At Large
Marlene Dvorak
952-938-7865		 At Large
Jennifer Timmers
952-938-9061
Secretary
Jim Zdrazil
952-935-3884		 Editor
Mary Raabe
952-927-6945		 At Large
Therese Glatt
952-933-5238		  

Please visit the Hopkins Historical Society's web site at www.hopkinsmnhistoricalsociety.org for more Hopkins Historical Society news, museum hours, and general information.