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Museum Adventure Pass presented by Macy's
The Adventure Continues
2008-2009 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.
Events at your Library
With everything from Authors to Insects, you'll surely find something for
everyone in your family to enjoy. Check out the full list of events at your local library.
Contest Updates
Winners Announced
10 winners have been selected!
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There are two ways to win a free membership to one of the participating Museum Adventure Pass destinations...check out the Contest page for more information!
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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 family w...
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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 1...
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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 moose and bears in the big woods to beavers in the wetlands and elk...
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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 amus...
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The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary was founded in 1907 and is the nation's oldest public wildflower garden. Within the 15-acre Garden, over 500 plant species and 140 bird species can be seen from the wood-chipped trails that meander through woodland, wetland and prairie habitats....
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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 firetruck (se...
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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 past ...
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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. Observe the fort's everyday life. Hear the stories from costumed soldiers, officers, servants, cooks, laundresses, blacksmiths and store keepers in this 19...
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, one of the leading comprehensive fine-art museums in the country, houses nearly 80,000 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, sculpture, p...
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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. Special events, programs and children's activities are offered year-round. The Histo...
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The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum features 1,047 acres of magnificent display gardens, extensive northern-hardy plant collections and natural areas open year-round. Take a seasonal
guided tram tour around Three-Mile Drive or join a free, guided walking tour through the many display gardens May-Oct...
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You are invited to experience art in downtown Saint Paul. The
Minnesota Museum of American Art represents the rich cultural and
regional diversity of American art and artists-past, present and
emerging. The MMAA encourages visitors of all ages to enjoy the
changing exhibitions and events highlig...
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Step back to the days when the streetcar was king-when Twin Citians went to work, to school and to play by trolley! Experience the history of the streetcars through two separate demonstration railways. The Como-Harriet Streetcar Line operates on a mile of former Twin City Rapid Transit Company right...
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The Minnesota Transportation Museum is home to the Jackson Street Roundhouse, Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway, the Minnehaha Depot and the Classic Buses.
The Jackson Street Roundhouse, located in the former Great Northern Railroad Roundhouse, is open Wednesdays and Saturdays year-round. Ride o...
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Experience grizzly bears, sea otters, 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 family farm. Don't miss the new Russia's Grizzly Coast exhibit and the popular Medtronic Minnesota Trail. ...
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Minnesota's rich past comes to life at The Landing. Explore this village on the Minnesota River and experience the people and culture during the settlement years of the 1800s. Self-guided and
guided walking tours are available on weekdays and have limited building access. Enjoy horse-drawn trolley...
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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 a...
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Visit The Raptor Center and have an up-close experience with live raptors that you will always remember. Learn about the different raptors found in Minnesota and their role in the environment. Discover key features of all raptors and why they are different from other birds. Explore the positive and ...
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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 things...
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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 America...
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Located in historic Bandana Square, the Twin City Model Railroad Museum is an exquisitely detailed model panorama of railroads in the Twin Cities during the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Come watch the trains speed along miles of tracks through a scale model of the Twin Cities rumbling over St. Anthony Falls ...
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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 city ...
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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 featuring early 20th-century
American artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe and Marsden Hartley, as well as a diverse selection of contemporary ...
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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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