Sibley House Historic Site

Mailing Address:
1357 Sibley Memorial Hwy.
Mendota, MN 55150
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Admission Prices

$7 Adults
$6 Senior citizens, college students with ID, military, and adult group tours
$5 Children ages 6-17 and students

Free for children under age 6 and MHS members. Different fees may apply for special events.

Site Hours

Saturdays 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Sundays 12:30 to 4 p.m.

May 26 through Sept. 2

Also open Memorial Day (May 28) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; June 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. for annual Fete de la St.-Jean-Baptiste; Labor Day (Sept. 3) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. for Time Travel Friday event.

Sibley House Historic Site

Come explore Minnesota first official historic site! During the early 1800s Mendota was a major center of the region's fur trade. Some of Minnesota's oldest buildings still stand at the site, including the home of Henry Hastings Sibley, successful fur trader, general, and first governor of Minnesota. Today, the restored buildings tell the history of the region's fur trade, Sibley's involvement in Minnesota business and politics (Sibley's first governor's office is located here), as well as his role in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.