Plank Museum & Visitor Center

Plank Museum & Visitor Center is a museum in City of Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota which is located on Tower Avenue. Plank Museum & Visitor Center is situated nearby to Fort Snelling Chapel, as well as near the recreation area Parade Ground.

Email: ftsnelling@mnhs.org
Type: Museum
Address: 200 Tower Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55111

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Snelling and Mendota Bridge.

Fort Snelling

Protected area

Photo: The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Fort Snelling is situated 840 feet east of Plank Museum & Visitor Center.

Mendota Bridge

Bridge

Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highway 55 and MN 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. Mendota Bridge is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Plank Museum & Visitor Center.

Fort Snelling State Park

Park

Photo: Cmlrcmlr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Snelling State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. For many centuries, the area of the modern park has been of importance to the Mdewakanton Dakota people who consider it the center of the Earth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendota and Bdóte.

Mendota

Village

Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.

Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, bdóte, which in Dakota tradition is the center of the world.

Bdóte

Locality

Bdóte is a significant Dakota sacred landscape where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet, encompassing Pike Island, Fort Snelling, Coldwater Spring, Indian Mounds Park, and surrounding areas in present-day Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Bdóte is situated 1½ miles east of Plank Museum & Visitor Center.

Mendota Heights

Town

Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0.

Mendota Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a first-ring southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census. Mendota Heights is situated 2½ miles east of Plank Museum & Visitor Center.

Plank Museum & Visitor Center

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.89325° or 44° 53′ 36″ north

Longitude

-93.18403° or 93° 11′ 3″ west

Operator

Minnesota Historical Society

Open location code

86P8VRV8+79

OpenStreetMap ID

way 103212901

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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