Ongoing Events
Preschool Playdate Tuesdays
Every Tuesday between 10 a.m. and noon, join our preschool-age activities that keep little hands busy and little minds buzzing. Visit the exhibits, make your own take-home science experiment, enjoy preschool-perfect performances, demonstrations, discounts in the Explore Store and restaurants. Learn More
Student IDiscount
Now, your ID is good for more than library books. Get special pricing every Friday evening at the Science Museum! Enjoy 8.5 acres of world-class exhibits, a giant-screen domed Omnitheater, and more for our lowest student price ever. Just bring in a valid student ID after 5 p.m. any Friday evening. Learn More
Senior Tuesdays
The Science Museum has designated the first and third Tuesdays of every month as Senior Tuesdays. Visit the BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life exhibition, tour the museum's exhibits, and take a coffee break on us! Learn More
April 2013
| April 5-7 | Twin Cities Nanofest 2013 is part of NanoDays, a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science, engineering and technology. This year, the Science Museum joins forces with the University of Minnesota's Nanofabrication Center, The Bakken Museum, the Minnesota Children's Museum, and SELF International, to bring materials science and STEM education to multiple communities through each partner's diverse venue. National NanoDays events run from March 30 to April 7, 2013, but Twin Cities audiences will be able to participate in hands-on activities, live stage demos, special guest programming and more from March 30 to April 13 at locations across the Twin Cites! |
| April 8 | Join us for the Beaker and Brush Discussion, Scale, on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall. From large-scale works of art to nano-scale innovations, scale is a major factor in both art and science. Join us as we explore the tiniest particles and the largest viewpoints this Beaker and Brush. |
| April 11 | Social Science: Fermentational Informational opens the Science Museum to adults only (21+ with valid ID) on Thursday, April 11 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Missed the last one last year? Couldn't get enough? Join us this spring as we once again explore the science of beer and wine. Learn More |
| April 13 | April is National Donate Life Month. On Saturday, April 13 from 1-4 p.m., LifeSource and Minnesota Lions Eye Bank will be at the museum to educate the public about organ, eye and tissue donation and to sign people up to be donors. Register online at www.donatelifemn.org, joining more than 2.4 million Minnesotans who have already made this life-saving decision. The process is easy, confidential and will ensure that your decision to save lives through donation is honored. By setting aside just a few minutes of your day you can cross "save lives" off of your to-do list, and feel good about helping others in our community. |
| April 20 | Celebrate Earth Day a day early! On Saturday, April 20 from 1 to 4 p.m., the museum's Earth Day/NASA Climate Day 2013 event will feature hands-on activities that focus on environmental stewardship, as well as live music with Twin Cities entertainers Matt Wilson and John Munson. Explore the Future Earth exhibition, which explores the fact that humans—all 7 billion of us—are both the dominant agents of global climate change and the innovators who have it within our power to keep our planet thriving well into the future. Minnesota Public Radio chief meteorologist Paul Huttner will deliver a keynote address at 3 p.m. Learn More |
May 2013
| May 5 | Sunday, May 5 is your last day to see BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life. Witness the arc of human development—from conception to old age—through real human specimens and full-body plastinates. |
| May 5 | Sunday, May 5 is also your last day to see The Human Body in the Omnitheater. Using innovative film techniques and the latest medical and scientific imaging, The Human Body showcases the ordinary miracles that keep our bodies running from morning till night. |
| May 10 | Omnifest begins Friday, May 10 and runs through Thursday, June 20. Five films will be showing daily in our Omnitheater. This year's films are Antarctica, Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees, Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West, Tornado Alley, and Wild Ocean. |
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