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The Microscope

A closer look at the work of the Science Museum of Minnesota

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The Official 2025 Microscope Gift GuideExplore Store

The Official 2025 Microscope Gift Guide

Maira AndrabiDecember 8, 2025
Theme Your Visit: Indigenous Science AnthropologyGeneral Museum

Theme Your Visit: Indigenous Science 

Maira AndrabiDecember 2, 2025
Fiscal Year 2025 Impact ReportMission

Fiscal Year 2025 Impact Report

Maira AndrabiNovember 25, 2025
Why Biology?BiologyMission

Why Biology?

Maira AndrabiNovember 25, 2025
Science Museum and Trane Technologies Win Award for STEM Workforce PartnershipKitty Andersen Youth Science CenterMission

Science Museum and Trane Technologies Win Award for STEM Workforce Partnership

Maira AndrabiNovember 18, 2025
Explore Store Stories: Will Thompson Explore Store

Explore Store Stories: Will Thompson 

Maira AndrabiNovember 11, 2025
À la Mort: Dining with BeetlesBiology

À la Mort: Dining with Beetles

Maira AndrabiOctober 29, 2025
wolf skull
Could It Eat Me?CollectionsStaff

Could It Eat Me?

Maira AndrabiOctober 22, 2025
a look into the museum's collection vault full of lockers.
Dangerous Items in Our Collections Collections

Dangerous Items in Our Collections 

Maira AndrabiOctober 22, 2025
illustration of the museum's building with a full moon and bats.
What We’re Watching: Horror EditionCollectionsStaff

What We’re Watching: Horror Edition

Maira AndrabiOctober 21, 2025
Two people stand on a boat in the middle of a lake. They are using scientific equipment.
A Year at the St. Croix Watershed Research StationMissionSt. Croix Watershed Research Station

A Year at the St. Croix Watershed Research Station

efilarOctober 14, 2025
Theme Your Visit: Scary ScienceCollectionsGeneral Museum

Theme Your Visit: Scary Science

Maira AndrabiOctober 7, 2025
Science Live: By the NumbersGeneral MuseumMission

Science Live: By the Numbers

Maira AndrabiSeptember 23, 2025
Happy Birthday, Omnitheater!General MuseumMission

Happy Birthday, Omnitheater!

Maira AndrabiSeptember 18, 2025
Bite-Sized Science: Paleontology FieldworkCollectionsMissionPaleontologyStaff

Bite-Sized Science: Paleontology Fieldwork

Maira AndrabiSeptember 10, 2025
Staff PicksStaff

Staff Picks

Maira AndrabiSeptember 9, 2025
Theme Your Visit: DinosaursPaleontology

Theme Your Visit: Dinosaurs

Maira AndrabiAugust 26, 2025
Build Your Own Dino-RamaPaleontology

Build Your Own Dino-Rama

Maira AndrabiAugust 12, 2025
How to Draw a BorealosuchusPaleontology

How to Draw a Borealosuchus

Maira AndrabiAugust 5, 2025
The Science of Our BackyardOutdoor Science

The Science of Our Backyard

efilarJuly 29, 2025
Bug Sports: Watch Insects Run, Jump, Lift Weights, and WrestleOutdoor Science

Bug Sports: Watch Insects Run, Jump, Lift Weights, and Wrestle

Maira AndrabiJuly 14, 2025
A woman with dark skin and braided hair sits in front of a large bookshelf. She is smiling at the camera.
Reflections on Race: Are We So Different?Race: Are We So Different?

Reflections on Race: Are We So Different?

efilarJuly 1, 2025
Moving a MuseumCollections

Moving a Museum

efilarJuly 1, 2025
What Kind of Woodpecker Did You See?Outdoor Science

What Kind of Woodpecker Did You See?

Maira AndrabiJune 30, 2025