New Brighton Area Historical Society

The New Brighton Area Historical Society, located in Ramsey County, Minnesota collects photographs, printed materials and artifacts related to New Brighton, Arden Hills, and Mounds View, and has compiled them into three hardcover books, published in 1987, 2002, and 2005. The Society operates the New Brighton History Museum in the 1887 Bulwer Junction Depot, located in Long Lake Regional Park, which is open free to visitors on weekends in the spring and summer. The New Brighton Area Historical Society has contributed photographs to the Minnesota Digital Library that show the history of the area through early street scenes, business and industry, schools, churches, railroads, local events, and portraits.