A traveling exhibit produced by St. Louis County Historical Society, entitled The Experiences of Croatians, Serbians, and Slovenians in St. Louis County will open to the public on April 3, 2010 in the St. Louis County Courthouse in Hibbing.
The exhibit was developed by Kristen Belich, a Society intern from the College of St. Scholastica, and graphically designed by David Hodges, Curator of the Duluth Institute of Art.
The exhibit focuses on the "Old Country" (formerly Yugoslavia and now chiefly the modern states of Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia) and the immigration from it to northeastern Minnesota beginning in the 1860's and continuing through the larger wave of immigration that occurred between the 1880's and the 1920's. The political history of the region that provided the impetus for leaving the Old Country is explored in depth, as well as the reasons St. Louis County was chosen by so many southeastern Europeans as their final destination. It also explores the elements of cultural continuity readily apparent today, particularly evident in music, food, and family values.
After the exhibit leaves the Hibbing courthouse it will move to St. George's Serbian Orthodox Church in Gary (Duluth) for several months. It will then move to the St. Louis County Courthouse in Virginia, Minnesota, and subsequently will be available upon request to other organizations, as part of the St. Louis County Historical Society's Traveling Exhibit Program.
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