Marjorie Bolz Allen Grant

The Allen Family with an article about Marjorie.

Marjorie Bolz Allen was a lifelong museum volunteer and a Science Museum of Minnesota board member who served 1960-1980. She earned the distinction of becoming a Life Trustee due to her long and exemplary years of service. Due to her love of learning, science, and education, in 2007 she was memorialized through a fund created in her name that continues to provide volunteers with funding and support to complete projects that directly enhance the visitors' experience at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and Warner Nature Center.

Typically five $200-$1,000 grants are awarded each year. Recipients are current volunteers who have come up with an idea for a way to enhance museum visitors' awareness of a science, technology, engineering, or mathematical (STEM) discipline, and who have proven that their project leads to a sustainable and effective addition to the learning environment at the Science Museum of Minnesota or affiliate sites.

Projects from 2011 (Due to be completed July 1, 2012):

• Humans and Chimps in Human Body Gallery
• Citizen Science Program at Warner Nature Center
• Cranial Endocast Project in the Paleontology Lab
• iPad Technology in the Human Body Gallery

Completed Projects from 2010:

• The Science of Rock-n-Roll in the Experiment Gallery
• Aquatic Invertebrates Collection Training and Program in the Mississippi River Gallery
• Physics Activities and the Work of Michael Faraday in the Experiment Gallery
• Harvest Your Rainwater in the Mississippi River Gallery
• GIS Tracking and Library Cataloging Project at Warner Nature Center

Interested in more information regarding the MBA Fund, how to get involved, or other previous projects? Please contact Heather Kamia at (651) 221-9453 or .