Fundraising efforts for the new Military Gallery at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum in Bismarck are off to a strong start. The $78 million project is a partnership between the State Historical Society of North Dakota, the North Dakota National Guard Foundation, and the SHSND Foundation.
The Minot Area Chamber EDC with members of the Military Gallery Executive Committee hosted a Military Gallery campaign event at the Beowulf Golf Club in Minot, welcoming members of the public to learn more about the project and its progress. The Military Gallery officially broke ground on July 10, and construction is now underway on the $80 million expansion at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum in Bismarck.
Workers install a restroom at the Welk Homestead State Historic Site near Strasburg, North Dakota, on Friday, May 23, 2025. Rob Hanna - Rob Hanna
Lori Nohner, research historian for the State Historical Society of North Dakota, looks at a button on a New Hampshire Civil War-era uniform in the museum collections storage area at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck on May 22, 2025.
North Dakota’s 140-year-old State Hospital in Jamestown is getting more than a facelift after the Legislature doled out $300 million to build a brand-new facility, part of an effort to improve access to and quality of mental health care statewide.
The State Historical Society of North Dakota has received a significant addition to its archives with the recent donation of a collection of historic football playbooks from one of the state’s most accomplished coaches.
Cars covered in snow in the Kirkwood Mall parking lot in Bismarck, ND. (North Dakota State Historical Society Collection 32228 Item #00002-00010)
North Dakota's 19th Governor Thomas H Moodie (photo from State Historical Society site)
The Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas and the North Dakota State Historic Preservation Office formally signed a landmark agreement on March 12 at the State Historical Society of North Dakota offices in Bismarck.
What compelled Marie Downing to leave her life at Windsor Castle for the windswept prairie?