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Jackson Street RoundhouseParent rating: ![]() Location: 193 Pennsylvania Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN The Jackson Street Roundhouse was built by the Great Northern Railroad in 1907 to service their passenger-service steam locomotives. It was part of the historic Jackson Street shop compl...
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Minnesota Air National Guard MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: Air Guard Base, 670 General Miller Drive, Saint Paul, MN The Minnesota Air National Guard Museum displays about 20 different aircraft in an outdoor Air Park on the active base, including fighters, transports, trainers, and helicopters. Inside ...
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The Science Museum of MinnesotaParent rating: ![]() Location: 120 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN The Science Museum offers visitors a wealth of hands-on activities, engaging exhibits, weekend science-in-action demonstrations, breathtaking large-format films, and a mind-boggling arra...
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Twin City Model Railroad MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 1021 Bandana Boulevard East, Suite 222, Saint Paul, MN Train-loving kids will swoon over the wonderful 3,000-square-foot O-scale operational model railroad here, but even non-enthusiasts will be impressed at the painstaking craftsmanship on ...
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Mill City MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 704 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN This newer museum was built within the limestone ruins of the century-old Washburn A Mill, one of the many mills that lined the Mississippi riverfront here, back when Minneapolis was the flo...
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Minnesota Children's MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 10 West Seventh Street, Saint Paul, MN The Minnesota Children's Museum - voted Best Museum for Little Kids in the Twin Cities in our 2008 and 2009 Parents' Picks p...
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The Works Hands-On MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 5701 Normandale Road, Minneapolis, MN The Works Hands-On Museum (formerly known as The Works Technology Discovery Center) is an interactive museum that makes science and engineering fun for kids ages five to 15. More than 40 exh...
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Walker Art CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 1750 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN The expanded Walker Art Center is a world-class cultural mecca - there's no denying that. But apart from its wonderful monthly Free First Saturday events and Arty Pants Playdates,...
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Bakken Museum & LibraryParent rating: ![]() Location: 3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN Give a dull day a jolt with a visit to the electrifying Bakken Museum & Library, located in an intriguing Tudor mansion just like the ones in spooky old Vincent Price films. Home to thousands o...
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Wells Fargo History MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN Step off the skyway and into another era, to explore Wells Fargo's storied past, beginning with the California Gold Rush. A turn-of-the-c...
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John H. Stevens HouseParent rating: ![]() Location: 4901 Minnehaha Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN When the Stevens House was built beside the Falls of St. Anthony in 1850, it was the first wood frame dwelling west of the Mississippi. But that was just the first of the many distinctio...
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Minnesota Museum of American Art - CLOSEDParent rating: ![]() Location: 50 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN The MMAA has closed due and is currently seeking funding to reopen in another location. |
American Swedish InstituteParent rating: ![]() Location: 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN The American Swedish Institute is housed within the historic Turnblad Mansion, a castle originally built as the home of Swan Turnblad, the newspaper publisher and self-made millionaire w...
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Minneapolis Institute of ArtsParent rating: ![]() Location: 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) offers families a treasure trove of cultural opportunities. The museum's collection comprises more than 100,000 objects from diverse cultural ... |
Hennepin Overland RailwayParent rating: ![]() Location: 2501 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN The non-profit Hennepin Overland Railway Historical Society operates a small museum featuring its 4,000-sq.-ft. HO scale model train layout. A museum shop sells a variety of model rai... |










