Welcome

We help identify, preserve and make accessible for public use the region's historic and contemporary folk heritage collections.

* Archiving Program

* Collection Guides

* Virtual Exhibits

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We offer courses and outreach projects on regional culture for all ages.

* Teachers of Local Culture

* Cultural Tours

* Curriculum guides

* More Education...

View our series of publications and documentary compact discs that focus on the lives and cultural traditions of the region’s peoples.

* Monograph series

A big move, literally

When CSUMC was born a decade ago, we squeezed into the quarters of the Max Kade Institute. As our two units grew, things very quickly went from being a squeeze to being dramatically too small.

CSUMC on YouTube

This video is showing the creation of a Mexican Day of the Dead Paper Cutting by Jose Chavez during the summer months of 2002, during our Recent Immigrants to the Upper Midwest forums.