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Field Trips

New Discoveries with Every Visit at the Museum!

At Minnesota Children's Museum, we pack educational activities into endless amounts of fun. We ensure every visit is loaded with opportunities for investigating, playing and learning. We create an educational environment infused with excitement and interactions, making the Museum one of the top destinations in Minnesota for educator and student visits.

The Museum offers self-guided field trips that let you and your students explore the Museum at your own pace. For groups with 20 or more children, call ahead, at 651-225-6002 to reserve a visit of the Museum where your students can discover hands-on, curriculum-supporting exhibits that are sure to pique their curiosity and make learning fun. For smaller groups, such as homeschool families or home daycares, click here to learn more about the discounted options available.

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Reserve Your Museum Field Trip

Reserving a self-guided visit allows your group to actively explore, learn and discover the Museum's interactive and engaging exhibits at your own pace.

Group size*: Minimum 20 students, maximum 120 students
Ratio of one adult (admitted FREE) for every four students
Cost: Standard rate: $4.75 per student/extra adult
Access program rate**: $2.50 per student/extra adult
Available: Wednesday - Friday all year and Mondays May 21 through August 27, 2012
First Thursday of the month available exclusively for PreK-K
Register: Call 651-225-6002 for availability

*Special needs groups, please call.

**To qualify, 70 percent or more of students must be recipients of the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program

Click here to view field trip packet information.

Discover Our Exciting 2011-2012 Exhibits

Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites
September 10, 2011-February 5, 2012

Step into the pages of seven beloved children's books and enter a world of early literacy adventures, including The Tale of Peter Rabbit, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and other favorites.

Rainforest Adventure
September 24, 2011-January 8, 2012

Become scientists for a day by exploring rainforests from around the world.

Grossology
January 21-May 13, 2012

Explore all of the slimy, mushy, oozy, scaly, stinky, gross (yet scientific) things that occur everyday in the human body.

How People Make Things
February 18-June 3, 2012

Operate machines and use real factory tools to discover how familiar childhood objects are transformed from raw materials into finished products.

Curious George
May 26, 2012-January 27, 2013

Activities invite visitors to learn like Curious George as they explore key concepts in science, math and engineering.

Cyberchase
June 16-September 23, 2012

Based on the Emmy-award winning PBS series CYBERCHASE, the exhibit presents math in an engaging, visually rich environment, allowing children to explore math with an investigative, positive attitude.