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At the Science Museum of Minnesota, it’s our mission to turn on the science. That means inspiring learning, informing policy, and improving lives, and we couldn’t meet our mission without strong community partners like you. Thank you!

Below you’ll find turnkey ways to help share the museum’s mission and build a world where everyone has the power to use science to make lives better.

General Museum

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There’s no better place to outsmart boredom than the @sciencemuseummn. Here is one of my favorite things to do at the museum.

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To Do at the Museum

  • Your next best discovery awaits at the Science Museum of Minnesota! From mindful exhibits to limitless fun, we’ve got something to spark curiosity and excitement in everyone.
  • See dinosaurs and fossils for a glimpse into Minnesota’s ancient past.
  • Move your body in the Sportsology exhibit and learn how humans kick, jump, and throw.
  • Examine our shared history in the Race: Are We So Different and We Move and We Stay exhibits.
  • Explore a fraction of the museum’s collection of two million objects, spanning ethnology, archaeology, biology, and paleontology.
  • Attend a Science Live performance to see experiments in action, and travel to far flung reaches of the planet — and beyond! — with an immersive Omnitheater experience.
  • Science is more exciting when you see, feel, and experience it for yourself. Plan your next experiment today at smm.org/visit
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Our Backyard

Our Backyard is the Science Museum of Minnesota’s interactive outdoor exhibit where visitors explore large-scale, nature-based engineering concepts along the Mississippi River through messy, hands-on experiences that build creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

Sign that reads, "Welcome to our backyard" in English and Spanish, in front of the pavilion in the Science Museum of Minnesota's Backyard.

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  • Experience science in action at Our Backyard, the Science Museum of Minnesota’s outdoor exhibit. Get hands-on with wind and solar power and generate electricity with your own movement.
  • Test engineering principles at our wind turbine installation, unwind in musical hammock chairs, and explore sustainability in our demonstration gardens.
  • With shaded seating and a riverfront pavilion, it’s the perfect spot to reconnect with your curious side. 
  • Customize play houses, create obstacle courses, and engineer with natural materials along the Mississippi riverbank. 
  • Design waterworks, build boats, and experiment with water blasters at the revamped outdoor exhibit. Plus, enjoy our new riverfront pavilion and shaded seating areas. 
  • Turn your body into an electrical circuit, whisper messages across the park, and relax in musical hammock chairs at Our Backyard! The Science Museum of Minnesota’s outdoor exhibit transforms learning into large-scale adventures you can’t experience indoors. Come play with science today.
  • Turn your body into an electrical circuit, whisper across the park using acoustic science, and unwind in hammock chairs tuned to music at Our Backyard. 
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