MILL CITY LIVE CANCELLED TONIGHT DUE TO STATE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

From the Minnesota Historical Society:

July 7, 2011 - Tonight's first concert in the popular "Mill City Live"
outdoor music series has been cancelled. "Chris Osgood & the Mill City
Rockers" had been slated to open the 8th season of the series which can draw
as many as 550 people per concert to the dramatic open air ruin courtyard.
As soon as the shutdown is resolved and Mill City Museum reopens, the series
will resume. Concerts are held every Thursday from July 7 through Aug. 18.
This year the program is curated by music critic Jim Walsh who selected
bands which represent five decades of Minneapolis music history from 1960
through the present.

In addition, the Minnesota History Center's popular "9 Nights of Music"
series in St. Paul held on Tuesdays in July and August, is cancelled until
the state of Minnesota government shutdown ends.

The Minnesota Historical Society, its museums, historic sites and library
are closed temporarily, and all programs and special events are suspended
due to the State of Minnesota government shutdown. Funding from the state
comprises more than half of the Society's operating budget.

Historic sites and museums affected in the Twin Cities include: the
Minnesota History Center, Historic Fort Snelling, Mill City Museum, James J.
Hill House, Alexander Ramsey House and the Minnehaha Depot. Society-led
tours at the Minnesota State Capitol also are suspended.

Other sites closed statewide during the shutdown are: Split Rock Lighthouse,
Two Harbors; Birch Coulee Battlefield, Morton; Charles A. Lindbergh Historic
Site, Little Falls; Comstock House, Moorhead; Folsom House, Taylors Falls;
Forest History Center, Grand Rapids; Fort Ridgely, Fairfax; Harkin Store,
New Ulm; Historic Forestville, Preston; Jeffers Petroglyphs, Comfrey; Lac
qui Parle Mission, Watson; Lower Sioux Agency, Morton; Marine Mill, Marine
on St. Croix; Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post, Onamia; North West
Company Fur Post, Pine City; Oliver H. Kelley Farm, Elk River; Sibley House
Historic Site, Mendota; Traverse des Sioux, St. Peter; and the W.W. Mayo
House, Le Sueur.

Information is available on the Society's website at
www.mnhs.org<http://www.mnhs.org>, which will continue to function. However,
web-based services enabling the public to order historical documents,
photographs, tickets and merchandise will not be operational during the
shutdown. The public may still make charitable donations and membership
payments through the Society's secure website.

All historic sites and museums as well as the library at the History Center,
will reopen and all programming will resume when the state government
shutdown concludes and funding is available to operate the Society's
programs. Reopening information will be available at
www.mnhs.org<http://www.mnhs.org>.

The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural
institution established in 1849 to preserve and share Minnesota history. The
Society collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota's past through
museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational
programs and book publishing. For more information, visit
www.mnhs.org<http://www.mnhs.org>.