The Adventure Continues

2007-2008 Program

Art that inspires and engages, hands-on science that excites and educates, history that brings early Minnesota alive, plants and animals from here and around the world—all of these and more are waiting for you at your metro public library. Just use your library card to receive a Museum Adventure Pass presented by Macy’s. Each pass is for two or four free admissions, depending on location, to one of these exciting cultural destinations.

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The participating organizations listed at left are kindly donating all of the free admissions; they are not reimbursed. Be sure to thank them for their generosity when you visit!
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American Swedish Institute

This historic house, museum and cultural center celebrates Swedish- American and Swedish culture with exhibits, programs and activities. Learn how immigrants made the move from Sweden, travel to the Swedish community they created in Minneapolis, and imagine the immigrant newspaper-publishing fam...

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Bakken Museum

Visit The Bakken Museum, a museum of electricity and magnetism in science and medicine located in a beautiful 1930s Tudor mansion on the west shore of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. Learn how electricity and magnetism have influenced history and benefit how we live today. Play a theremin (the firs...

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Bell Museum of Natural History

The University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History exhibits will inspire you to discover the beauty and wonder of the natural world with our renowned diorama halls displaying all of Minnesota’s habitats under one roof—from the big woods to the Great Lakes to the prairies. The Touch and...

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Como Park Zoo and Conservatory

Come enjoy an inspiring adventure that teaches children compassion and care for animals, plants and the planet Earth. There is something for everyone—from exotic wild animals at Como Zoo to beautiful botanicals in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory. Even take a trip on the wild side at Como Town ...

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Firefighters Hall & Museum

Explore more than 12,000 square feet of displays and fire prevention videos, photographs and vintage firefighting apparatus. This collection tells the heroic history of firefighting. Enjoy pumping water, sliding down a fire pole, turning on a fire alarm or maybe even taking a ride in a fire truc...

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Hennepin History Museum

The Hennepin History Museum is one of the Twin Cities' most unique social history museums. You’ll find superb exhibits, a historic mansion setting and archival collections of priceless scholarly value. The Museum strives to promote an understanding of the relationship between Hennepin County’s p...

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Historic Fort Snelling

Discover an 1820s military outpost and enjoy the sights and sounds of the past. Hear musket fire, the cannon’s roar and the fife’s shrill tunes. Take part in the fort’s everyday life. Shoulder a musket, mend clothes, smell the stew, scrape a hide or sing along with the soldiers. Hear the stories...

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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, one of the leading comprehensive fine-art museums in the country, houses nearly 100,000 works of art, representing more than 5,000 years of world art and culture. Come explore all of the treasures it has to offer, including rare paintings, architecture, sculptu...

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Minnesota History Center

The Minnesota History Center is nationally known for its innovation and quality. Among its many exhibits are Weather Permitting, Open House: If These Walls Could Talk, Tales of the Territory, Going Places and MN150 (opening this fall). Special events, programs and children’s activities are offer...

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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum features 1,047 acres of magnificent display gardens, extensive northern-hardy plant collections and natural areas open year-round. You can take a seasonal guided tram tour around Three-Mile Drive or join a free, guided walking tour through the many display garde...

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Minnesota Museum of American Art

You are invited to experience art. Here. Now. The MMAA is committed to representing the rich cultural and regional diversity of American art and artists—past, present and emerging. Come enjoy the changing exhibitions and events highlighting art, music, film and performances.

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Minnesota Transportation Museum

The Minnesota Transportation Museum is home to the Jackson Street Roundhouse, Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway, and the Classic Buses. The Jackson Street Roundhouse, located in the former Great Northern Railroad Roundhouse, is open Wednesdays and Saturdays year-round. Ride on a caboose, climb in...

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Minnesota Zoo

Experience dolphins, tigers, monkeys and more at the Minnesota Zoo 363 days a year. The Zoo features a tropical rain forest, marine center, northern tundra, woodland forest and a family farm. Don’t miss the new Minnesota Trail, and opening summer 2008 is Russia’s Grizzly Coast. With more than 2,...

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The Landing - Minnesota River Heritage Park (formerly Historic Murphy's Landing)

Minnesota’s rich past comes to life at The Landing - Minnesota River Heritage Park. Explore this village on the Minnesota River and experience the people and culture during the settlement years of the 1800s.

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The Museum of Russian Art

An amazing, world-class museum that seeks to educate, enlighten and engage our visitors through the art of Russia. The museum is a true community treasure and is the only museum in North America dedicated to the preservation and presentation of Russian Art and Artifacts. Not to be missed, it is an ...

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The Works: A Technology Discovery Center

The Works is a “hands-on, minds-on” museum that makes learning about engineering, science and technology interesting, understandable and fun. The Works’ unique exhibits and educational programs are designed to delight visitors ages 5 to 15, demystify technology and inspire interest in the way th...

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TRACES Museum Center for History and Culture

TRACES brings history to life. This museum gathers, preserves and presents stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during World War II. Many of these stories have lain beneath the dust left in the wake of a World War most never thought touched the Ame...

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Twin City Model Railroad Museum

Learn all about Twin Cities railroads during the 1930s, '40s and '50s through spectacular reproductions of streetcar systems, passenger depots, freight yards, and amazing representations of surrounding areas including St. Anthony Falls Milling District, the Saint Paul Midway area, and the river ...

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Walker Art Center

The Walker is a place where art, ideas and audiences come together. Enjoy galleries brimming with modern and contemporary art by today’s most dynamic artists; two Wolfgang Puck restaurants; films; music, dance and theater performances; and dramatic lounges and outdoor terraces with spectacular c...

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Weisman Art Museum

You can’t miss the distinctive stainless steel and brick building designed by architect Frank Gehry. Step inside to take in the museum’s incredible collection of early 20th century American artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe and Marsden Hartley, as well as a diverse selection of contemporary art. ...

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