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Minnesota Children’s Museum has 29 years of experience in the children’s museum industry, and 19 years of experience booking and traveling national exhibit tours. During the past 29 years, the Museum has served more than 7.2 million children and adults through on-site visits and an additional 12 million through traveling exhibits.

The Museum serves the children’s museum field through its well-established traveling exhibits program. We are recognized for producing exhibits that are educationally solid, beautifully designed, expertly produced and conscientiously maintained while on tour.

Current Touring Exhibits

Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog™ Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog™ transports visitors to the world of Clifford, Emily Elizabeth and all of the residents of Birdwell Island. Like tourists visiting Birdwell Island, visitors will start their journey to the exhibit aboard the Birdwell Island ferry. During the adventure, children and adults will discover Clifford's Big Ideas – 10 simple, tangible, life lessons designed to help young children navigate their world.
The Amazing Castle The Amazing Castle has eight themed areas with seven storybook characters who are part of the castle community. From entertaining to sewing, each character has a special role. As they move through the castle, village visitors playfully explore the interconnectedness of community members in a setting inspired by fantasy and history.
Curious George™: Let's Get Curious! Letting curiosity and inquiry be their guides, visitors explore familiar buildings and locales from the Curious George™ book series and television show on PBS KIDS in Curious George™: Let's Get Curious! The exhibit presents key concepts in science, math and engineering, which are woven and layered throughout the exhibit.
Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice™ Crossing the threshold of this exhibit means traveling back in time to explore the Age of the Dinosaurs! As visitors move through the exhibit, they encounter unfamiliar landscapes, touchable dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes, and opportunities to investigate clues about what the dinosaurs left behind. This exhibit builds on the popular fascination with dinosaurs and includes science activities to challenge all ages.
Framed: Step into Art™ Enter the framework of famous paintings and experience art like never before in Framed: Step into Art™. This exhibit transports visitors to a world where paintings leap off the canvas and create immersive environments for visitors to explore. As visitors move through the exhibit, they are challenged to ride a giant chicken attached to a wagon, set up camp in the Canadian Rockies and prepare dinner for a group of hungry farmers.
Go Figure! Throughout this hands-on exhibit, five popular children’s books are brought to life in gigantic reproductions of the artists’ original illustrations. Inside each large-scale book, visitors find an attached copy of the featured book, a math based interactive relating to the book’s narrative, and tips for parents on supporting their child’s early explorations of math concepts. Exhibit components are modular and easily adapt to a variety of gallery layouts.
Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action™ Featuring the theme of action adventures popular in children’s books and movies, Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action™ inspires young people to get physically active. The exhibit invites visitors to step into scenes right out of action adventure stories and jump into action star training – play activities that build strength, coordination, balance and endurance. Visitors climb a canyon wall, balance on a “snow” or “surf” board, pedal “flycycles” and practice kung fu stances.
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites™ From the gardens of The Tale of Peter Rabbit to the urban snowscape of The Snowy Day and the tropical island of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Storyland draws visitors into 3-D early literacy adventures in environments based on seven beloved books. Storyland guides visitors to the discovery that it is never too early to begin the love of reading, and provides adults with tools for cultivating literacy through everyday activities.