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Bakken Museum
http://www.thebakken.org
3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55416
612-926-3878 Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-8pm
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Spark your imagination at The Bakken Museum! Visitors can explore our interactive exhibits about electricity and magnetism to discover how natural electricity powers their body, how some fish use electricity to hunt and capture prey, how the development of electricity affected everyday life in the 19th century and more. Make your own discoveries about science in our magnetic play area and electricity party room, and use our Wimshurst generator to create a 60,000 volt spark. This unique museum, founded in 1975 by inventor Earl Bakken, is located in a 1930s Tudor mansion on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis and features the Florence Bakken Medicinal Garden and a world-renowned collection of books and artifacts in the museum library.
Passes are limited to general exhibit admission only.
Passes may not be applied towards educational and group tours.
Special exhibitions and other attractions may not be covered, and other restrictions may apply.
Please visit
http://www.thebakken.org
for specific exhibition information.
Learn more about it at your metro public library
All Ages
- history of the term mesmerize
- PBS website link to a page describing the history of the term mesmerize, popularized by Fraz Anton Mesmer, featured at the museum
- Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Knopf, 1818, includes bibliographic references
- Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
- David Bodanis, Crown Publishing, 2005, includes bibliographic references
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2005: The Year's Best SF And Fantasy
- selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Harcourt, 2000
- Homemade Lightning: Creative Experiments in Electricity
- R.A. Ford, McGraw-Hill, 2002
- Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
- Jill Jonnes, Random House, 2003
- The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis Northern Lights
- Lucy Jago, Knopf, 2001
- Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics
- Stan Gibilisco, McGraw-Hill, 2002
- Edison, the Man (VHS)
- Turner Home Entertainment, 1990
- Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
- Philip Dray, Random House, c2005
- The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
- Randall E. Stross, Crown Publishers, c2007
Kids
- Experiments with Electricity
- Salvatore Tocci, Children's Press, 2001
- Electric Mischief
- Alan Bartholomew, Kids Can Press, 2002
- Experiments with Magnets
- Salvatore Tocci, Children's Press, 2001
- All About Magnets (VHS and DVD)
- Schlessinger Media, 2000 (VHS), 2004 (DVD).
- Snacks About Magnets from the Exploratorium Web Site:
- website: http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html
- Electricity Online Web Site
- website: http://library.thinkquest.org/28032
- Reaching for the Moon
- Buzz Aldrin, Harper Collins, 2005
- My Light
- Molly Bang, Blue Sky Press, 2004, picture book
- The Sky's The Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls
- Catherine Thimmesch, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel
- Gary Reed, Puffin, 2005
- Fully Charged: Electricity
- Steve Parker, Heinemann Library, c2005
- The Science of Electricity and Magnetism: Projects and Experiments with Electrons and Magnets
- Steve Parker, Heinemann Library, c2005
- Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas: 21 Activities
- Laurie M. Carlson, Chicago Review Press, c2006
- In the Footsteps of Frankenstein
- Steve Parker, Copper Beech Books, 1995
Tell Us About Your Adventure
| Jun 18 '08 |
I have lived in the win Cities area for 23 years and had not experienced the Bakken Museum, thinking that it was a european large residence/castle. I was amazed at the electricity information and hands on exhibits. I also liked walking the grounds. |
| Jun 16 '08 |
Facinating information relating to the relationship of medicine & electricity. Lot's of hands-on displays - my hubby & I enjoyed it & plan to bring the grandchildren soon. |
| Dec 12 '07 |
I don't remember the actual date of our visit, but this is the first time we had been to the Bakken. I had a good time and especially liked the Frankenstein movie exhibit. |
| Oct 20 '07 |
The kids loved the Bakken Museum! Their favorite part was hearing about Ben Franklin's parties with "punch", and making their hair stand straight up during the hands-on activities. |
| Oct 5 '07 |
This was really fun, really interesting, and was a cool place to go. I would really recommend this place to anyone who wants to go. |
| Oct 5 '07 |
I really enjoyed going and would recommend anyone else to go, too. |
| Sep 25 '07 |
Today my family visited the Bakken Museum around 2 p.m. It was pretty quiet at that time. My four children accompanied me to the Museum.
My children's comments:
Age 11 - "I really loved the electrostatic devices. I was able to make confetti which was placed on the table to come up to my hand by making static from one of their machines."
Age 11 - "The electrostatic machine was really fun! I was able to make the bell ring by using static electricity."
Age 9 - "When you come into the entrance of the Bakken Museum there is a machine which you can use. If you do what it says, then it will give you a shock! I liked this machine!"
Age 5 - "I liked to turn up the machine. You know the one that when you look up to the top of it, then it goes 'zzzzzzz'" (This was the Wimshurst electrostatic influence generator.)
We would recommend going to the Bakken Museum. We also learned who Earl Bakken is - inventor of the first artificial pacemaker and a co-founder of Medtronics. |
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