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ST. PAUL — Buffeted by a continuous drop in visitors, the Science Museum of Minnesota is restructuring, cutting 43 full-time employees — or 13% of its staff — while reducing its $38 million general ...
This summer, at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum, visitors have the opportunity to immerse themselves in hands-on ...
The Little Falls facility and surrounding grounds are set for completion and grand opening in the summer of 2026.
Social Science is for visitors ages 21 and older; valid ID is required at the door. Advance reservations are recommended for this popular event and can be made by calling (651) 221-9444. Check it out- ...
In July, the giant beaver become the MN state fossil. Alex Hastings, the Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology from the Science ...
Target has locked down a partnership deal with the Science Museum of Minnesota to sell the retro “Thunder Lizard” hoodie recently popularized by the television show “Stranger Things.” ...
The Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul is cutting more than 40 full-time positions, or approximately 15% of its current staff. The union representing museum workers says this is the third time ...
Staff at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul have become the latest in a growing movement to unionize. Employees voted 79-50 to join the AFSCME Council 5 earlier this month.
Visitors at the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2021. The museum has received a donation of $6.5 million, the largest philanthropic gift in the museum’s 117-year history.
Officials with the Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum say the gift from John Ballantyne will help with facility planning and feasibility studies for the facility in the community of about 250,000 people.
A $6.5 million donation from the estate of U of M advertising professor Dr. William D. Wells will fund the museum’s chair of science position.
The Science Museum’s Dinosaur & Fossil Gallery – Features the 82-food-long Diplodocus, the largest Camptosaurus ever discovered, one of only four mounted Triceratops in the world, the two new ...