June News
FREE BEES, BUGS, AND BIRDS WORKSHOP
Kids entering grades 3-5 in the 2023-2024 school year are invited to The Bakken Museum to experience the ins and outs of pollinators. Educators will lead kids through games, models, and hands-on activities during our Bees, Bugs, and Birds workshops. Participants will pretend to be a bee, explore our native plant gardens, and take home a pollinator craft while learning about the amazing animals that make the fruits and flowers we love.
This is a free youth program. Please select your desired date below to register:
· Saturday, June 24 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (registration full)
· Saturday, July 15 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
· Saturday, August 5 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
This program is presented in collaboration with Hennepin County Green Partners.
OPEN EYE THEATRE PRESENTS: LOCH MESS
Fridays through Sundays, June 23 through July 16 | 7 p.m.
Open Eye Theatre is returning to our rooftop lawn with a new all-ages musical adventure from the team who created LOG JAM and HAIR BALL. Set in the 1900s on Lake Superior, this comic entertainment will feature shipwrecks, a lake monster, and lots of real water. Written and composed by Josef Evans, directed by Joel Sass, and features a stellar cast of Open Eye regulars and new faces (and voices)!
LOCH MESS is supported in part by the West Maka Ska Neighborhood Council.
BAKKENALIA: SUMMER CAMP
Thursday, July 20 | 6-9 p.m.
Did you love summer camp so much you want to do it again? Maybe you never got to go, but always wanted to? Now's the time! Join us for a night of 21+ summer camp here at The Bakken Museum. Friends of the museum will be sharing drink samples while you enjoy camp-themed activities and challenges.
MEMBERS BENEFIT: ACCESS TO 350+ SCIENCE CENTERS
Make the most of your Bakken Museum membership with the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Passport Program! All Bakken Museum members receive free admission to more than 350 museums worldwide through the Passport Program. Plus, potential discounts on food, drinks and merch. To obtain tickets, show your membership card at a participating museum more than 90 miles from The Bakken Museum.
See the complete list of eligible museums and science centers. Not a member yet? Become one to receive this benefit and more!
Brilliant: A Fundraising Fête
Thursday, August 17 | 6-9 p.m.
Brilliant is an excellent opportunity to share your interest in The Bakken Museum with your friends and colleagues. Proceeds from the event support our one-of-a-kind museum experience, equity-focused STEM education programming, and preserve our historic artifact collection at the intersection of fringe medicine and the life sciences. Plus, it's going to be a lot of fun.
