Contact Us
The University Archives is open Monday through Friday 8-12 and 1-4.
Appointments to University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center are recommended. Schedule an appointment now!
If you are looking for information from our collections, we highly encourage you to view our digital collections in Arch. Arch contains a wealth of digitized photographs, yearbooks, oral histories, the complete school newspaper back to 1926, and more. Additionally, you can view our archival collection guides.
Archives staff are available to answer questions through our archives@mnsu.edu email or scheduled phone or Zoom appointments (select online via Zoom).
The University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center is located on the 2nd floor of the Memorial Library on the north side of the Marilyn J. Lass Center for Minnesota Studies. Watch this video to learn how to get there. Archives staff are available to help.
Phone: 507-389-1029
Physical Address:
Memorial Library 2054
601 Maywood Avenue
Mankato, MN 56001
Mailing Address:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Memorial Library 3097
Minnesota State University, Mankato
PO Box 8419
Mankato, MN 56002-8419
Visiting us from off campus?
Parking - there are several parking spots, that you can pay for by hour, near the south entrance to the Library. We recommend trying there first.
