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+The [http://www.mnhs.org/about/members/index.htm Minnesota Historical Society] was founded in 1849. This makes the Society nine years older than the state. Their website has several interesting facts about the Society:
+*Nearly 1 million visitors and 261,000 school children visit the Society each year.
+*The Society has 17,000 members from 50 states and 9 countries, making the [http://www.mnhs.org/about/members/index.htm Minnesota Historical Society] the largest in the nation.
+*The [http://www.mnhs.org/about/members/index.htm Minnesota Historical Society Press] is the largest historical society publisher in the country with over 200 titles in print.
+*The Minnesota History Day Program is a national model with 30,000 school children participating each year.
 For Minnesota genealogical and historical societies that have records and services to help you with your research, see the "[[Minnesota Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries,]]" "[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records,]]" and [[Minnesota Periodicals|"Periodicals]]" sections.