The Works Museum in Bloomington is hands-on engineering fun for kids and their grown ups.
Have you ever visited The Works Museum in Bloomington? It’s a really fun interactive museum that focuses on engineering and hands-on learning for kids. My son and I had the opportunity to visit over MEA break and we had a blast!
The Works Museum is one big room broken into different play exhibits. The different areas included K’nex car creation tables, magnatile light tables, mouse robots, lego design tables and so much more. Everything is hands-on at The Works Museum except for one giant K’nex ball run that took over 6 months and 72,000 pieces to build!
My son’s favorite was making a car and racing it down the ramp, “competing” with other kiddos at the museum! My favorite part was making a heart lego creation to add to the art wall!
Other highlights include the house exhibit, where kids can play and learn how a house is built. Different areas of the house are highlighted and you can play with plumbing routing, try out tiling a wall, see the insides of insulation and more! It was really fun to hear from real engineers on a TV– kids could choose who to learn from including a tiler, plumber, designer and more.
During the school year The Works Museum is open Saturdays 10 am – 5 pm, Sundays 10 am – 5 pm and Mondays 10 am – 1 pm. There are also select dates throughout the year that match with school break days. You can find those on their website. Admission is $13 for adults and children. Children under 2 are free.
There are also many special events throughout the year including Robot Day, TECH Fest and SHE Engineers. And they also have amazing school break camps that keep your kids entertained and screen-free! You can find out more about those special events and camps on their website.
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Hannah enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading books, going on road trips up north, singing along with the radio and finding new thrift stores to shop! Hannah is also a fierce advocate for people with disabilities and is always on the lookout for more sensory friendly opportunities in the Twin Cities.
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