The government shutdown in Minnesota is now in its second week, with no end in sight, closing the Minnesota Historical Society and its museums, libraries, and historic sites throughout the state.슠 But as a colleague from Minnesota writes. Actually, I think what Minnesota is facing now is just one version of what other states, cities,…

If you go to the home page of the슠Minnesota History Center youll see announcements for events in July and August Tuesday night concerts, a history pub crawl, museum theater as well as information about current and future exhibitions.슠 But look at the upper슠left-hand corner and youll see a diagonal banner: CLOSED! And across the top…