BELL MUSEUM | Now Booking for Summer 2024

The Bell Museum brings together science, art, and the environment with a unique Minnesota perspective. We offer summer youth groups the experience of our state-of-the-art planetarium, world renowned wildlife dioramas and exhibitions.

As Minnesota’s natural history museum and planetarium, the Bell aims to provide high quality science and nature learning for all Minnesotans! The Bell Museum brings together science, art, and the environment with a unique Minnesota perspective. We offer summer youth groups the experience of our state-of-the-art planetarium, world renowned wildlife dioramas and exhibitions.

GALLERY EXPERIENCES
Take your group on a journey through space and time in our Minnesota Journeys gallery. Groups will explore the museum gallery space, including the Touch & See lab and Nova galleries. Soar into space exploration and the diversity of life, learning about topics such as astronomy, geology, and biology, and current research being done at the University of Minnesota.

The hands-on learning continues outside in our sustainable Learning Landscape with native plants, gardens, a pond, a weather station, beehive, an upstairs observation deck and other highlights.

PLANETARIUM SHOWS
Immerse yourself in a journey through space and time in our breathtaking 120 seat Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium. From the comfort of a plush reclining seat, you’ll feel like you’re flying through Earth’s atmosphere to the far reaches of the universe. Summer Youth Groups are welcome to reserve seats.

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