Charles Lindbergh House and Museum Kicks Off 2025 with New Additions

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (May 15, 2025) – The Charles Lindbergh House and Museum invites the public to check out the latest addition to the site’s collections, a new exhibit, and the reopening of two interpretive spaces when the site opens for the 2025 season on May 23.

On display for the first time will be a flight cap worn by Lindbergh during a five-month North Atlantic survey that covered nearly 30,000 miles over four continents. In October 1933, three months after the survey began, Lindbergh mailed the flight cap and Western Electric 563A headphones to his home in New Jersey.

Along with the cap and headphones is a self-addressed letter from Lindbergh. This letter, along with the effort taken to mail the items back to himself from abroad, suggest the flight cap and headphones held special significance to Lindbergh. The Minnesota Historical Society acquired the cap and headphones at auction in October 2023.

A new exhibit at the museum will also be opening this spring. Crime of the Century takes a deeper look at the kidnapping of Charlie Jr., Charles and Anne Lindbergh's firstborn child, that occurred on March 1, 1932.

Guests can learn about the investigation, evidence, and subsequent trial as well as the social and cultural context and influences on the crime itself, including the long and short term effects on American culture, politics, and legal process.

Additionally, the Lindbergh House will be reopening the bedrooms of Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh (Charles's mother) and a guest bedroom mostly utilized by Charles' maternal grandmother Evangeline Lodge Land. For the first time in 10 years, visitors can explore these refurbished spaces to view original Lindbergh family artifacts and see how these two women experienced the early 20th century. 

Guests can see everything new at the Lindbergh House’s 2025 Opening Day, from 10 am–4 pm on May 23. More information about the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum is available at mnhs.org/lindbergh.

About the Minnesota Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. MNHS collects, preserves, and tells the story of Minnesota’s past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs, and book publishing. Using the power of history to transform lives, MNHS preserves our past, shares our state’s stories, and connects people with history.