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Top Ten Reasons to Support the Science Museum of Minnesota

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1. Science House: a Resource Center for Educators: The Science Museum's Science House is a leading provider of teacher education in the state, providing 12,544 contact hours.

2. Collections: The Science Museum cares for 1.75 million natural history artifacts, ethnographic artifacts and specimens. Bones, birds, butterflies, bugs—we preserve these specimens for research and display. Textiles, masks, pottery and other cultural examples from around the world are used for research and display.

3. Educational Outreach: We manage 826 outreach programs at schools and community centers across the state, reaching 91,511 students.

4. Great Tix: Our Great Tix and Great Membership programs provided 37,000 free or reduced rate tickets to low income families.

5. Senior Tuesdays: The Science Museum – it's not just for kids! We designate the first and third Tuesdays of every month as Senior Tuesdays.

6. Volunteers: 992 volunteers provided 53,584 hours of skilled assistance to our visitors. The museum could not function without this loyal and intelligent group.

7. Science Research: Our scientific staff directed or participated in 49 research projects and published 20 books or peer reviewed journal articles.

8. Three Sisters Garden: Is a living cultural example of Native American agriculture based on a collection of rare North American Indian seed stock.

9. Science Live Theatre: The Science Museum of Minnesota is a pioneer in the use of theatre as an educational, interpretive technique. Various performances demonstrate scientific principles or tell stories about scientists in this entertaining thought provoking format.

10. Omnitheater Films & Special Exhibits: We have produced more Omnitheater films than any other science museum in the world, and our films have been shown in 30 countries and 16 languages. The Science Museum also creates exhibits for other non-profit organizations. We are the national leader in creating exhibits like our award winning exhibit Race: Are We So Different, which is traveling across the USA. Each year close to two million people around the world see a Science Museum Omnitheater film or exhibit.

* These numbers are accurate as of July 1, 2008.