The Bakken Museum: Where Science Gets a Jolt of Wonder
Earl Bakken co-founded Medtronic and invented the first wearable pacemaker — then built a museum to share his lifelong fascination with electricity and life. The...
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Hennepin County Library With Kids: Storytimes, Play Spaces and Wonder
Ask Minneapolis parents for their rainy-day headquarters and they’ll point to the library — all 41 branches of Hennepin County Library, each with a children’s...
Weisman Art Museum: Gehry’s Steel Jewel on the Mississippi
From the Washington Avenue Bridge it looks like a cubist waterfall frozen in stainless steel. The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, designed by Frank Gehry...
Three Rivers Nature Centers: Eastman, Richardson and Lowry With Kids
The Twin Cities’ secret family weapon is a ring of nature centers run by Three Rivers Park District — and most of the magic is...
American Swedish Institute: A Castle of Nordic Culture in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion looks like a Swedish castle airlifted into a Minneapolis neighborhood — turrets, carved oak, hand-painted ceilings and a porcelain-tiled fireplace in nearly...
The Minnesota State Fair With Kids: A Family Survival-and-Joy Guide
Twelve days, nearly two million visitors, one legendary fair. The Minnesota State Fair with kids is a joyful logistics operation — and families who plan...
Mill City Museum: Ruins, Flour and the Rise of Minneapolis
The most dramatic museum in Minneapolis is a ruin. The Mill City Museum stands inside the fire-gutted shell of the Washburn A-Mill, once the largest...
Theodore Wirth Park With Kids: Tubing, Swimming and Storybook Trails
Every season, Theodore Wirth Park hands Minneapolis families a new superpower. Winter: the tubing hill at The Trailhead, where a lift hauls laughing kids (and...
Walker Art Center: The Twin Cities’ Contemporary Art Powerhouse
Perched above the Sculpture Garden in a crystalline tower by Herzog & de Meuron, the Walker Art Center is where Minneapolis goes to see art’s...
Sculpture Garden With Kids: A Giant-Art Scavenger Hunt
Here’s a family secret: the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is secretly a playground designed by famous artists. Turn a visit into a scavenger hunt and kids...
