Gibbs Farm: Pathways to Dakota & Pioneer Life

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Gibbs Farm: Pathways to Dakota & Pioneer Life

Explore the life of Jane Gibbs, a pioneer, her family, and the lives of her friends the Dakota. https://linktr.ee/gibbsfarm_mn

Gibbs Farm offers family friendly programs weekends from Memorial Day to the end of October. Come for the day, or join RCHS and visit for free.

08/31/2026

Can you smell the fresh pencil shavings? The start of school is just around the corner! Get in the spirit by exploring the one room schoolhouse at Gibbs Farm from the comfort of your home!

08/28/2026

What's better than celebrating apples? Celebrating apples and art!!! We've got our some of our favorite creative folks all lined up for Apple Festival (Saturday, September 26th 10:00am-2:00pm). It's a perfect way to enjoy the beauty of fall!

Enjoy the live musical stylings of Light of the Moon, watch the Outdoor Painters of MN bring blank canvases to life, and wear your very own work of art with face painting from Rainbow Party Arts!

Check out https://rchs.com/event/apple-festival-2026/ to get all the details!

This year's festival is sponsored by Blaze Credit Union!

08/26/2026

Today was our very last day of summer camps in 2026! We had such a blast this year! A huge thank you to all of our fabulous staff, expert guests, youth intern volunteers, and camp families for making this summer the best! See you all next summer!

08/24/2026

Have you seen how cute these are??? Gibbs Farm's custom stickers are available for purchase in our gift shop when the site is open to the public. This week, we are open on Friday, August 28th from 12:00pm-3:00pm and on Saturday, August 29th from 10:00am-2:00pm (visit rchs.com for the most up-to-date hours).

Which one is your favorite?

08/22/2026

Save the date for the Gibbs Farm Apple Festival! Join us on Saturday, September 26th for all the delicious fun!

Visit https://rchs.com/event/apple-festival-2026/ for all the info!

This year's festival is sponsored by Blaze Credit Union!

08/19/2026

Campers have been working in our garden this summer and it's looking great!

If you've got a 4 or 5 year old with a green thumb, we've still got a few spots in our Friday PeeWee camp, All About Corn!

08/17/2026

Rosebud and Clover seem to have some feelings about the humans using a barn for a meeting space...

08/14/2026

While we have a handful of books that belonged to the Gibbs family, we're not sure if any family members were romance readers. But if they were, they would certainly head down to the their local bookstore this weekend to celebrate Bookstore Romance Day! We recommend our new neighbors Bookshop!

Check them out at https://www.acornbookshop.com/pages/events

Pictured is Ida Gibbs' copy of Whittier's Poems located in the RCHS Gibbs Family collection.

08/12/2026

The Stoen Schoolhouse and Gibbs Barn

08/10/2026

Don't be a silly goose who hangs out in tiny bowls!
Come and hang out at Gibbs Farm on Homeschool Day instead! 🪿

(So much more fun and way less squishy!)

Check out all the details and register https://rchs.com/event/fall-homeschool-day-at-gibbs-farm-2/

Address

2097 Larpenteur Avenue W
Falcon Heights, MN
55113

Website

https://rchs.com/gibbs-farm/

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