Thursday Nights

Sketching, films, programs and more - every first Thursday of the month!

The first Thursday of every month we're open until 9 p.m. and hopping with some of our most popular museum events.

Celebrate our 140th Birthday! Details on special events taking place March 1 to come.
Sustainability Film Series 2012: Stories From a Changing Planet - screening of Up the Yangtze
Sketching Theme: Animal Anatomy with special guest Don Luce, a Bell Museum curator, art instructor and scientific illustrator.
Gallery Walkabout Chased By the Light: Jim Brandenburg's 90-Day Photo Journey led by UMN art history professor Robert Silberman.
Explore our two floors of animal dioramas and the Touch & See Room past regular museum hours.

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Museum Hours:
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Thurs. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., open until 9 p.m. first Thurs. of each month
Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sun. noon-5 p.m.
Closed Monday

Admission:
Members & U-Students / faculty / staff: free
Adults: $6
Youths age 3-17, non U-students, & seniors: $4
Children under 3: free
Free admission for all visitors on Sundays

Location: The Bell Museum is located at the corner of University Ave. & 17th Ave. SE in Minneapolis, on the University of Minnesota campus. View a map Also, our research collections and academic curators are housed in various locations on the University's campus in St. Paul.

Museum Information: Call (612) 624-7083