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Extended Hours: August 28
Enjoy an evening at the museum, open until 8:30 pm for this After Hours event. Whether you're sketching, photographing, painting, or coloring, let inspiration be your guide as you curate your evening from a host of activities, including a show in the Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium.
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September Star Party: Gas Giants
Explore Minnesota skies with the Bell Museum at free outdoor telescope observing nights.
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Spotlight Science: Chronic Wasting Disease
Come learn more about chronic wasting disease, the research being done to help combat its spread, and what you can do to help. Our hosts, Peter Larsen and researchers at the UMN College of Veterinary Medicine, are working to develop a rapid field testing device that will quickly detect chronic wasting disease in deer populations.
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Solar Sunday
Telescopes aren’t just for night observing. We’ll have a variety of our solar telescopes out on our observation deck for safe solar viewing as well as some hands-on interactive activities to better understand our nearest star, the Sun.
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Sensory Friendly Saturday
This monthly series provides a welcoming and accessible environment for individuals, families, and children who have sensory sensitivities.
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After Hours: Plants
Curate a night at the museum from sketching unique specimens to special planetarium shows and stargazing.
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Wicked Plants with Amy Stewart
Amy Stewart is the New York Times best-selling author of 10 books, which have sold more than a million copies worldwide and have been translated into 17 languages.
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Skynet Scholars: First Session
Advanced registration is required.
Skynet Scholars is a program for middle and high school students that puts them in the driver’s seat to conduct their own scientific explorations of the universe.
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Solar Sunday
Telescopes aren’t just for night observing. We’ll have a variety of our solar telescopes out on our observation deck for safe solar viewing as well as some hands-on interactive activities to better understand our nearest star, the Sun.
Find out more »