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Week of August 9, 2010 – museums
Science Museum of Minnesota… Minnesota's favorite museum features dinosaurs, fun hands-on exhibits for the kids… current extraordinary Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit… on the riverfront in downtown St. Paul at 120 W. Kellogg Boulevard, across from the RiverCentre… http://bit.ly/avfl5A
Minnesota Children's Museum… the new exibit at the Minnesota Children's Museum is The Wizard of Oz it features replicas of sets and costumes…science lessons and a trip down the rainbow… in downtown St. Paul on the corner of 7th and Wabasha…
Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis… the only museum in North America dedicated exclusively to the preservation and presentation of Russian art and artifacts… set in a striking old Spanish mission style church it showcases extraordinary works of art seldom displayed in the United States…
The Bakken Museum… explore dozens of exhibits at this one-of-a-kind museum… learn about electricity and magnetism and how they have influenced history and benefit how we live today… located in a 15-room tudor house on the west shore of Lake Calhoun…
Mill City Museum… Minneapolis grew up around flour mills along the Mississippi and was known as the "Flour Milling Capital of the World"… at its peak the Washburn A Mill, site of the museum, was the most technologically advanced and largest in the world… don't miss "Minneapolis in 19 Minutes Flat", Kevin Kling's humorous whirlwind history of Minneapolis…
American Swedish Institute… both a magnificent 33-room historic mansion and a showcase of current and historic Swedish art and culture… on Park Avenue in south Minneapolis…
Weisman Art Museum… one of the Twin Cities' most recognized landmarks, this distinctive design by architect Frank Gehry is open during an expansion to be be completed October 2011… perched on the east bank of the Mississippi River on the University of Minnesota campus you can get a rush just driving by, but its interior space is also worth a visit… collections of 20th century and contemporary art, including Georgia O'Keefe's famous 'Oriental Poppies'… free admission, closed Mondays…
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