Records, photographs, and a map related to Minnesota ballrooms on display inside the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. Photo by Robin Gehl, 2020.

A tuba and other artifacts on display inside the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. Photo by Robin Gehl, 2020.

Sign inside the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame used to advertise the Six Fat Dutchmen as the premier polka band in the United States. Photo by Robin Gehl, 2020.

Concertina used by polka musician “Whoopee John” Wilfahrt on display at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. Photo by Robin Gehl, 2020.

Front entrance to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, New Ulm. Photo by Robin Gehl, 2020.

Front entrance to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in New Ulm, at 27 North Broadway Street. Photo by Robin Gehl, 2020.

Oromo immigrants and refugees to Minnesota perform a traditional song and dance while celebrating Oromo National Day in the Twin Cities in the early 1980s. Used with the permission of Teferi Fufa.

Voyageur statue in Cloquet, Minnesota, along the St. Louis River (part of the Northwest Trail).

Beaver-fur top hat made in Paris ca. 1815. Accession M.2007.211.827 of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Public domain.