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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.

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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.

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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. 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.

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