Minnesota Experience — Season 1, Episode 12: Restoring The People's House

Episode synopsis

Host Mary Lahammer explores the top-to-bottom three-year $300 million restoration of the home of state government. We soar to the top of the Dome and climb up scaffolding in the Rotunda to see an up-close view of the world's second largest self-supported marble dome and classical art valued at a billion dollars. Architect Cass Gilbert's 1905 masterpiece shines anew.

About Minnesota Experience

For decades, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has dived into the whitewater of bygone eras and emerged with insight about our shared past and values as Minnesotans. Tapping into TPT’s rich archive of historical stories and adding new ones to the fold, Minnesota Experience holds the mirror of history up to the modern moment as a force that can forever change who we are and who we want to be.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Flour Power
• E2Lost Twin Cities III
• E3Cornerstones: A History of North Minneapolis
• E4Fires of 1918
• E5Lost Twin Cities 4
• E6Glensheen and the Congdon Legacy
• E7Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian
• E8The People's Protectors
• E9MN in the 70's
• E10The Fabulous Ice Age
• E11Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave
• E13Tales of the Road