The Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station was established in 1885. Congress passed the Hatch Act in 1887, establishing agricultural experiment stations at land-grant institutions in all the states and providing funds toward their support.
A lot has taken place over the 130+ year history of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Below is a timeline that tracks many of the important events and discoveries that helped shape not only the Experiment Station but the University of Minnesota and even the state.
For more detailed information or historical images, please check:
- UMedia MAES Photo Archive
- U of M Archive Library
- U Media Archive
- U of M Digital Conservancy
- U of M Digital Library - Ag Research Through Fifty Years