The Collections Gallery includes a sampling of objects from the museum's collections.

The Hmong House, build by Hmong elders in the early 1990s, includes exhibits that focus on traditional life in Laos, life in the refugee camps, and the beginnings of the Hmong peoples' cultural transitions in the U.S.

The 28 million year-old fossils from South Carolina include a 20-foot crocodile, a toothed whale, a dugong, a sea turtle, and micro-fossils picked from beach sand.

The Questionable Medical Devices on exhibit includes a phrenology machine, vibratory chair, and a fluoroscope, inventions that claimed to cure any number of chronic diseases or treat psychological problems.

The Egyptian mummy was given to the Science Museum in 1925 and ranks as a favorite among visitors.

The Microscopic World of Sand Grains, a photography exhibit by Dr. Gary Greenberg, showcases the art and science of sand photography. The beautiful photographs explore the exquisite beauty of sand grains magnified up to 300 times.

Other Visitor favorites:

• Emily, the two-headed turtle
• The People's Loom
• Don, the Western Lowland Gorilla
• The 6 foot-diameter Douglas-fir tree cookie

Collectors' Corner

Kids, start your collections! Bring in two natural objects you've discovered and trade them for other things—rocks, skulls, shells, or insects. Earn points for what you know about your discovery, and spend those points on specimens or save them to use later.

At the Collectors' Corner you will also find:

• Minnesota rocks, minerals, and fossils
• Skulls and bones
• Sands from around the world and microscopes to examine them up close