Dioramas
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Diorama Spotlight: Cranes in the Red River Valley
Published05/01/2020 , By Adam Hartman, gallery programs assistant
It’s early May in the Red River Valley. Thousands of lesser and greater sandhill cranes gather just outside Fertile, Minnesota, on the sand dunes that remain of the dried lake bed of glacial Lake Agassiz. This is one of the sandhill cranes’ pit stops on their annual spring migration from… -
Earth Day 2020
Published04/20/2020 , By Adam Hartman, gallery programs assistant
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Diorama Spotlight: Lake Pepin’s Sand Point
Published04/17/2020 , By Amber Kastner, public science events manager
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Beavers at Lake Itasca
Published03/28/2019 , By Andria Waclawski
Learn more about the animals (and the people) behind the oldest of the large dioramas at the Bell Museum—now celebrating 100 years! -
Windows to Nature
Published07/16/2018
This documentary, collaboratively produced by the Bell Museum and Twin Cities PBS (TPT), follows the historic move and restoration of the Bell’s famous dioramas, now expertly preserved for new generations of museum visitors. -
Member Perks
Published07/01/2018 , By Susan Maas
Nancy Stiefeld’s love affair with the Bell Museum began seven or eight years ago at a Sketch Night event, now she’s one of few members with the most exclusive access to our exhibits.