Black Friday Not Just for Retailers

MN History Center Opens from 6-9 a.m. with Free Food, Gifts, Memberships and Admission to Opening of Largest Minnesota History Exhibit Ever!

Nov 16, 20120

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This Black Friday the Minnesota History Center opens at 6 a.m. with deals and doorbusters that would make Paul Bunyan proud. Early birds will be wowed with free gifts, donuts and coffee, memberships and more--plus free admission from 6-9 a.m. to the opening of "Then Now Wow," the largest Minnesota history exhibit ever. Visit http://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/blackfriday for details on all the family fun.

TV Morning Shows:

Enhance your Black Friday coverage with a live internet feed of the early morning History Center action. The feed will be available on Friday, Nov. 23 from 5:50 a.m. to 6:20 a.m. at http://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/then-now-wow-live-feed . There will be video/audio of early bird visitors waiting to get in, doors opening at 6 a.m., visitors receiving their deals and doorbusters, live music from the Petticoat Rustlers and Paul Bunyan interacting with the crowd.

Questions? Please contact Julianna Olsen, 651-259-3039, julianna.olsen@mnhs.org or Jessica Kohen, 651-259-3148, jessica.kohen@mnhs.org.

About Then Now Wow:

“Then Now Wow” is 14,000 square feet of Minnesota history that kids of all ages can touch, climb on, experience. Visitors will step inside a prairie sod house; board a Twin Cities streetcar; don a headlamp to venture underground in an Iron Range mine; hitch a ride on a boxcar; sit in a modern tipi; and encounter artifacts and images unique to Minnesota’s diverse people and historic events. Visit http://www.mnhs.org/wowmedia for more information.

“Then Now Wow,” is made possible by the Legacy Amendment through the vote of Minnesotans on Nov. 4, 2008. Major support provided by the 3M Foundation, the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, and the Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation. Additional support from the BNSF Foundation, Rosemary & David Good Family Foundation, Grotto Foundation, Hardenbergh Foundation, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation.