Science Museum of Minnesota

Recently, Dr. Adam Heathcote, Senior Director of the museum’s Department of Water and Climate Change; Dr. Lienne Sethna, Associate Scientist at the St. Croix Watershed Research Station; and Jill Jensen, a STEM Education Specialist at Parkview Elementary in District 196 traveled to Greenland to study how Arctic lake ecosystems are rapidly changing as a result of extreme weathe...

Recently, the Microscope had a conversation with Dr. Alex Hastings, Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology, about the Paleontology Department’s work and impact. This post contains excerpts from that chat.

For many scientists, dinosaurs started it all. Creatures so massive, and utterly unlike anything walking the Earth today, present a phenomenon that i...

Live science, real actors, pure magic. Science Live, the oldest professional museum theater company in the world, is making STEM learning concepts accessible and engaging through their daily performances at the museum. Recently, the

Alexandra Zappa is a project leader in the museum’s Exhibit Services Department, leading teams that develop, design, and build full-scale exhibits for cultural institutions across the country and around the world. Below is an overview of Cultural Crossroads, one of her most recent exhibit projects created with the Mayborn Museum at Baylor University.

The Science Museum of Minnesota maintains and stewards over 2 million objects in its collections, spanning millions of years and from all over the world. Some of these objects are made with poisonous plants that can pose a hazard to staff, volunteers, and researchers if they were to accidentally come into contact with them. Using ethnobotany, the study of the relationships be...