Your Voice Matters: Nominate An Innovator Today
Know a local, living innovator who deserves the spotlight? Nominate them today!
As part of our 50th birthday, we’re recognizing 50 contemporary changemakers who are shaping the future – right here, right now. Throughout 2025 and 2026, we’ll unveil a special series of lego-block minifigures modeled after our winners to celebrate their innovative contributions to Minnesota and beyond.
Inspiring Innovation Across Minnesota
An innovator is an individual who creates a new product, method, or idea. Often, innovation occurs to solve a problem in a specific industry or community.
A simple strike of curiosity and creativity can inspire an innovator and lead to new artistic movements, inventions, discoveries, or business practices.
That’s why we’re tipping our hat to big thinkers on our 50th birthday. If you know someone deserving of the honor, nominate them today.
Or, click below to learn more about The Bakken Museum’s 50th Birthday Celebration.
